| アブストラクト | BACKGROUND: High short-acting beta(2)-agonist (SABA) use and/or inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) underuse are common and are associated with poor asthma outcomes. This study explored patients' and healthcare practitioners' (HCPs') perspectives to contextualize asthma treatment patterns observed in real-world studies. METHODS: Data were collected using online surveys from HCPs and people with asthma (>/=18 years old with a confirmed asthma diagnosis of any severity) who had consented to research participation through the Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics. RESULTS: In total, 76 HCPs and 63 patients were invited to take part. Of 48 valid HCP responders, 54.2% (n=26) reported scheduling an annual asthma treatment review with their patients and 83.3% of general practitioners (n=40) had prescribed repeated inhalers at the patient's request. Of 47 valid patient responders, 57.4% (n=27) reported using their reliever (SABA) inhaler daily and 55.3% of patients (n=26) reported being prescribed a preventer inhaler. Of the total patient responders, 31.9% (n=15) reported that they never used their preventer inhaler. Consistent annual adherence with preventer inhalers was reported by 44.7% of all valid responders (n=21), while other patients admitted to using preventers intermittently. CONCLUSION: SABA and ICS prescription patterns are driven by a combination of HCP and patient factors. Opportunities exist to improve asthma control and behaviours around inhaler use. |
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| ジャーナル名 | Journal of asthma and allergy |
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| 投稿日 | 2023/9/25 |
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| 投稿者 | Zhang, Xiubin; Quint, Jennifer K |
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| 組織名 | National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, W12 0BZ,;United Kingdom. |
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| Pubmed リンク | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37745901/ |
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