Importance of inhaler-device satisfaction in asthma treatment: Real-world observations of physician-observed compliance and clinical/patient-reported outcomes

Advances in Therapy

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 202-212

  Small, M ^a   Anderson, P ^a   Vickers, A ^a   Kay, S ^a   Fermer, S ^a  

^a ADELPHI REAL WORLD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Compliance; Device; Health outcomes; Inhaler; Patient reported outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EUROPE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INHALER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP DISORDER;

ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; HUMANS; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958077799     PISSN: 0741238X     EISSN: 18658652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12325-010-0108-4     Document Type: Article

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