Horne, R;
Price, D;
Cleland, J;
Costa, R;
Covey, D;
Gruffydd-Jones, K;
Haughney, J;
... Williams, S; + view all
(2007)
Can asthma control be improved by understanding the patient's perspective?
BMC Pulm Med
, 7
(8)
10.1186/1471-2466-7-8.
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Abstract
Clinical trials show that asthma can be controlled in the majority of patients, but poorly controlled asthma still imposes a considerable burden. The level of asthma control achieved reflects the behaviour of both healthcare professionals and patients. A key challenge for healthcare professionals is to help patients to engage in self-management behaviours with optimal adherence to appropriate treatment. These issues are particularly relevant in primary care, where most asthma is managed. An international panel of experts invited by the International Primary Care Respiratory Group considered the evidence and discussed the implications for primary care practice.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Can asthma control be improved by understanding the patient's perspective? |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1186/1471-2466-7-8 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-7-8 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | PMCID: PMC1894634 © 2007 Horne et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Asthma, Attitude of Health Personnel, Attitude to Health, Biological Markers, Goals, Health Behavior, Humans, Patient-Centered Care, Population Surveillance, Questionnaires, Self Care |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > UCL School of Pharmacy UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > UCL School of Pharmacy > Practice and Policy |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1351637 |
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