To determine the effect of introducing an action plan to children with mild to moderate asthma, who have never used a plan before.Children were recruited from general practitioner records with a diagnosis of asthma, and who agreed to participate, having identified that they had not used an actio...
Educate patients on self-management to help them identify symptom worsening. Self-management education that includes a written action plan, regular review and symptom monitoring, reduces unscheduled visits, hospitalization and time lost from school or work10. A plan to explain when and how to increas...
Support groups provide a very useful sharing experience. The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America offers support groups in which you can learn new ways of dealing with your illness. You may want to share approaches you have discovered with others. You will also gain strength in knowing that...
User error with Diskus and Turbuhaler by asthma patients and pharmacists in M Drazen, J Mark FitzGerald, Hiromasa Inoue, Johan C de Jongste, Robert F Lemanske, Jordan and Australia. Respir Care 2011; 56: 1916–1923. Jr, Paul M O'Byrne, Søren E Pedersen, Emilio Pizzichini and Stanley ...
The regular use of a more detailed self-management plan is not recommended at this stage, as it is unlikely to lead to a major improve- ment in asthma control [25]. Furthermore, it is 2003;58(Suppl 1):1—83. [4] National Asthma Council Australia. Asthma management handbook. Melbourne...
Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute and Centre for Child Health Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Peter D. Sly Contributions Introduction (S.T.H.); Epidemiology (S.T.W.); Mechanisms/pathophysiology (P.D.S. and S.T.H.); Diagnosis, screening and prevention (...
“While the cost caps are an important first step, more can and should be done. Because of our complex health care system, the changes will only apply to some patients,” said Melanie Carver, chief mission officer of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. ...
Most were performed in the United States (46), Australia (7), the United Kingdom (6), the Netherlands (4), or Canada (4). The median sample size was 97 (interquartile range, 47-194). Interventions occurred in various settings, including outpatient clinics (38%), home (14%), and ...
Heiner MM. Key barriers to optimal management of adult asthma in Australia: physician and patient perspectives. Curr Med Res Opin. 2007;23 (8):1799–1807. doi:10.1185/030079907X210714 14. George M, Bender B. New insights to improve treatment adherence in asthma and COPD. Patient Prefer ...
(T R Miller PhD); Centre for Population Health, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia (T R Miller PhD); University of Salahaddin, Erbil, Iraq (K A Mohammad PhD); ISHIK University, Erbil, Iraq (K A Mohammad PhD); Health Systems and Policy Research Unit, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria...