ArticleAsia Pacific allergy2012
Recent educational interventions for improvement of asthma medication adherence.
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- A Hybrid Effectiveness/Implementation Clinical Trial of Adherence to Long-Term Oxygen Therapy for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2023Trial
- Disparities in asthma control and treatment: A spotlight on Mexican American children.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2026Article
- Investigating Adherence to Asthma Management with an Electronic Monitoring System.Patient preference and adherence · 2025Article
- Prevalence of medication adherence among adult asthmatic patients in four African countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis.The World Allergy Organization journal · 2024Review
- Investigating the Outcomes of an Asthma Educational Program and Useful Influence in Public Policy.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- A Targeted Approach to Improve Asthma Control Using Community Pharmacists.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2021Article
- Digital Medication Adherence Support: Could Healthcare Providers Recommend Mobile Health Apps?Frontiers in medical technology · 2020Article
- Identifying Critical Errors: Addressing Inhaler Technique in the Context of Asthma Management.Pulmonary therapy · 2018Review
- Practice makes perfect: self-reported adherence a positive marker of inhaler technique maintenance.NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2017Article
- [Research into the education of asthmatic patients: the squaring of the circle].Atencion primaria · 2014Article
- Is it possible to achieve better asthma control by using the same inhaler device?Allergy, asthma & immunology research · 2012Article
- The correlation between the level of therapy adherence and inhalation technique in children with uncontrolled asthma using a smart inhaler: the IMAGINE study.Therapeutic advances in respiratory diseaseObservational
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Abstract
Poor adherence to asthma medication treatment is a dilemma as it decreases the chance of achieving and maintaining a proper asthma control. Another dilemma is that there seems to be a small range of functional interventions that enhance adherence to long-term medication treatments. The aim was to review the last five years of published educational interventions for improving adherence to asthma medication. Through systematic database searches 20 articles were identified, which matched the inclusion criteria and described educational interventions to improve asthma self-management including adherence. The current review showed that addressing unintentional non-adherence in terms of incorrect inhaler technique by recurrent education improved the technique among many patients, but not among all. Phoning patients, as a means to remove medication beliefs as adherence barriers, seemed to be an effective educational strategy, shown as increased adherence. Involving patients in treatment decisions and individualising or tailoring educational support also seemed to have favourable effect on adherence. To conclude, addressing specific adherence barriers such as poor inhaler technique or medication beliefs could favour adherence. To change adherence behavior, the current review proposes that educational adherence support should be a collaborative effort between the patient and the health-care professional based on each individual patient's needs and patient factors, including elements such as personality traits.
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