Rethinking asthma education: A practical approach to improve treatment outcomes

Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 15-20

  Donaldson, Ben ^a   Lachowicz, Michael F ^a   Stonerook, Ethan A ^a   Bushardt, Reamer L ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Asthma education; Asthma hospitalization; Barriers to treatment; Nonadherence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMAN; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ASTHMA; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84884597618     PISSN: 15471896     EISSN: 08937400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000430338.72154.c9     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Akinbami LJ, Moorman JE, Liu X. Asthma prevalence, health care use, and mortality: United States, 2005-2009. Nat Health Statistics Rep. 2011;Jan 12(32):1-14.
2. National Health Interview Survey Data. AsthM.A. http://www.cdc.gov/ asthma/nhis/default.htm. Published 2013.
3. NCHS. Summary health statistics for U.S. children: National Health Interview Survey, 2003. Vital Health Stat. 2005;10(223). http://www.cdc.gov/ nchs/data/series/sr-10/sr10-223.pdf
4. Clepper I. Noncompliance, the invisible epidemic. Drug Topics. 1992;17:44-65.
5. Thoonen BP, Schermer TR, Van Den Boom G, et al. Self-management of asthma in general practice, asthma control and quality of life: a randomised controlled trial. Thorax. 2003;58(1):30.
6. Bender BG, Bender SE. Patient-identified barriers to asthma treatment adherence: responses to interviews, focus groups, and questionnaires. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am. 2005;25(1):107.
7. Williams LK, Joseph CL, Peterson EL, et al. Patients with asthma who do not fill their inhaled corticosteroids: a study of primary nonadherence. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2007;120(5):1153.
8. National Institutes of Health, 2002. Global Initiative for Asthma -Global strategy for asthma management and prevention. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH Publication No.02-3659.
9. Wells K, Pladevall M, Peterson EL, et al. Race-ethnic differences in factors associated with inhaled steroid adherence among adults with asthM.A. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2008;178(12):1194.
10. Haynes RB. Determinants of Compliance: The Disease and the Mechanics of Treatment. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press; 1979.
11. Rand CS. Measuring adherence with therapy for chronic diseases: implications for the treatment of heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. Am J Cardiol. 1993;72:68D-74D.
12. World Health Organization. Adherence to long-term therapies: evidence for action. http://www.who.int/chp/knowledge/publications/adherence-report/en/ index.html. Published 2003. Accessed December 17, 2012.
13. Ernst P, Suissa S. Systemic effects of inhaled corticosteroids. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2012;18:85-89.
14. Ponieman D, Wisnivesky JP, Leventhal H, et al. Impact of positive and negative beliefs about inhaled corticosteroids on adherence in inner-city asthmatic patients. Ann Allergy AsthmaImmunol. 2009;103(1):38-42.
15. Halm EA, Mora P, Leventhal H. No symptoms, no asthma: the acute episodic disease belief is associated with poor self-management among inner-city adults with persistent asthM.A. Chest. 2006;129(3):573-580.
16. Koolen BB, Pijnenburg MWH, Brackel HJL, et al. Comparing Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) criteria with the Childhood Asthma Control Test (C-ACT) and Asthma Control Test (ACT). Eur Respir J. 2011;38:561-566.
17. Rabe KF, Vermeire PA, Soriano JB, Maier WC. Clinical management of asthma in 1999: the Asthma Insights and Reality in Europe (AIRE) study. Eur Respir J. 2000;16:802-807.
18. Canonica GW, Baena-Cagnani CE, Blaiss MS, et al. Unmet needs in asthma: Global Asthma Physician and Patient Survey: global adult findings. Allergy. 2007;62(6):668-674.
19. National Asthma Education and Prevention Program, Third Expert Panel on the Diagnosis and Management of AsthM.A. Expert Panel Report 3: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of AsthM.A. Bethesda (MD): National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (US); 2007 Aug.
20. Cabana MD, Rand CS, Becher OJ, Rubin HR. Reasons for pediatrician nonadherence to asthma guidelines. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2001;155(9):1057-1062.
21. Wisnivesky JP, Lorenzo J, Lyn-Cook R, et al. Barriers to adherence to asthma management guidelines among inner-city primary care providers. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2008;101(3):264-270.
22. Pollock M, Bazaldua OV, Dobbie AE. Appropriate prescribing of medications: an eight-step approach. Am Fam Physician. 2007;75(2):231-236.
23. Federman AD, Wisnivesky JP, Wolf MS, et al. Inadequate health literacy is associated with suboptimal health beliefs in older asthmatics. AsthM.A. 2010;47(6):620-626.
24. Paasche-Orlow MK. Tailored education may reduce health literacy disparities in asthma self-management. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2005;172(8):980-986.
25. Williams MV, Baker DW, Honig EG, et al. Inadequate literacy is a barrier to asthma knowledge and self-care. Chest. 1998;114(4):1008-1015.
26. Gazmararian JA, Williams MV, Peel J, Baker DW. Health literacy and knowledge of chronic disease. Patient Educ Couns. 2003;51(3):267-275.
27. Sunshine J, Song L, Krieger J. Written action plan use in innercity children: is it independently associated with improved asthma outcomes? Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2001;107(3):207-213.