Effectiveness of an educational asthma management program (CuidAR): the protocol for a cluster-randomized trial in the Brazilian primary healthcare setting

Abstract Background: Asthma is one of the most prevalent chronic pulmonary diseases, affecting approximately 20 million Brazilian people. Most patients with asthma in Brazil present with uncontrolled disease, leading to high morbidity and mortality rates. Therefore, an effective educational intervention focused on asthma management in primary health care (PHC) is expected to reduce hospitalization rates, emergency visits, and direct public health costs, improving the quality of life of patients. Methods: The CuidAR study is a controlled and randomized superiority trial