Implementation of a 12-week disease management program improved clinical outcomes and quality of life in adults with asthma in a rural district hospital: Pre- and post-intervention study

Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-21

  Chamnan, Parinya ^a,b   Boonlert, Kittipa ^a   Pasi, Wanit ^a   Yodsiri, Songkran ^a   Pong on, Sirinya ^a   Khansa, Bhoonsab ^a   Yongkulwanitchanan, Pichapat ^a  

^a Srimuangmai Hospital   (Thailand)

^b INSTITUTE OF METABOLIC SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; THAILAND; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; ASTHMA; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954556800     PISSN: 0125877X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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