Unmet needs of older people with asthma: Cross-sectional survey

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 865-875

  Goeman, Dianne P ^a,b   Jenkins, Christine R ^c   Crane, Melanie A ^a,c   Bosnic Anticevich, Sinthia Z ^d   Douglass, Jo A ^b  

^a CRC for Asthma and Airways   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c WOOLCOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma Needs Questionnaire; Asthma self management; Patient autonomy; Tailoring care

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ASTHMA NEEDS QUESTIONNAIRE; COMORBIDITY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; DRY THROAT; DYSPNEA; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METERED DOSE INHALER; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PHARMACY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SIDE EFFECT; SMOKING; SORE THROAT; SYMPTOM; TREMOR; VOICE CHANGE; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 80054895637     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2011.616253     Document Type: Article

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