Effectiveness of an online education program for asthma patients in general practice: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

Table 2 Overview of primary and secondary endpoints of the respective outcomes for linear mixed-effects models

			Time point (t)
Outcomes			Intervention group	Control group
Asthma knowledge	Primary endpoint	AK gain after eAEP / fAEP	Two weeks after study inclusion	Twelve weeks after study inclusion
	Secondary endpoints	AK gain three months after eAEP / fAEP	Three months after study inclusion	Six months after study inclusion
	Secondary endpoints	AK gain at the end of the study	Six months after study inclusion	Six months after study inclusion
Asthma control	Secondary endpoints	Total sum core in the ACT three months after eAEP / fAEP	Three months after study inclusion	Six months after study inclusion
Asthma control	Secondary endpoints	Total sum core in the ACT at the end of the study	Six months after study inclusion	Six months after study inclusion

Annotation: Planned model for confirmatory hypothesis test for difference between intervention and control group: Linear mixed-effects model (5% significance level). AK implies asthma knowledge, eAEP electronic asthma education program, AEP asthma education program, ACT asthma control test

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