Self-management behaviors in older adults with asthma: Associations with health literacy

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 872-879

  Federman, Alex D ^a   Wolf, Michael S ^b   Sofianou, Anastasia ^a   Martynenko, Melissa ^a   O'Connor, Rachel ^b   Halm, Ethan A ^c   Leventhal, Howard ^d   Wisnivesky, Juan P ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adherence; asthma; elderly; health literacy; inhaler technique; self management

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRY POWDER INHALER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; METERED DOSE INHALER; MODERATE PERSISTENT ASTHMA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SELF CARE; SELF MONITORING; SEVERE PERSISTENT ASTHMA;

ADHERENCE; ASTHMA; ELDERLY; HEALTH LITERACY; INHALER TECHNIQUE; SELF-MANAGEMENT;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; AGED; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE;

EID: 84900534602     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12797     Document Type: Article

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