ArticleThe Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma2014
Types, frequency and impact of asthma triggers on patients' lives: a quantitative study in five European countries.
Article in The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.
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- Study on Allopathic and Alternative Treatments of Asthma and Factors Influencing Treatment Choices.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Article
- Characteristics of older adult hospitalized patients with bronchial asthma: a retrospective study.Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2021Article
- Effect of COVID-19-Related Lockdown οn Hospital Admissions for Asthma and COPD Exacerbations: Associations with Air Pollution and Patient Characteristics.Journal of personalized medicine · 2021Article
- Evaluation of a Spanish language version of the Asthma Trigger Inventory.The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma · 2021Article
- Air Pollution/Irritants, Asthma Control, and Health-Related Quality of Life among 9/11-Exposed Individuals with Asthma.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Greek version of the Active Life with Asthma (Gr-ALMA) review: a descriptive methodological study.BMC health services research · 2019Article
- Environmental triggers and avoidance in the management of asthma.Journal of asthma and allergy · 2017Review
- Trigger factors in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a single-centre cross-sectional survey.Singapore medical journal · 2016Article
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- Control of asthma in real life: still a valuable goal?European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2015Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo identify the types, frequency and impact of asthma triggers and the relationship to asthma control among adults with asthma in Europe.
methodsAdults with self-reported physician-diagnosed asthma receiving maintenance asthma treatment and self-reported exposure to known asthma triggers completed an online questionnaire; a subset completed a diary over 3-4 weeks. Information on asthma control (Asthma Control Test™ [ACT]), asthma triggers, frequency of exposure and behaviours in response or to avoid asthma triggers and the perceived impact on daily life was captured. A post-hoc analysis evaluated the impact of high trigger burden on the frequency of severe asthma exacerbations, hospitalisations and days lost at work/study.
resultsA total of 1202 adults participated and 177 completed the diary. Asthma was uncontrolled for the majority (76%) of participants and most (52%) reported exposure to 6-15 asthma triggers. As trigger burden increased, behavioural changes to manage trigger exposure had a significantly increased impact on daily life (p < 0.0001) and job choice (p = 0.002). Participants reporting a high trigger burden (>16) were more likely to report uncontrolled asthma than those with a low trigger burden (1-5). Participants with a high trigger burden had previously experienced on average two more severe asthma attacks during a lifetime (p < 0.001), two more hospitalisations (p < 0.001) and 3.5 more missed days at work or study in the last year due to their asthma (p < 0.001) than those with a low trigger burden.
conclusionsAdults with asthma reporting a high trigger burden (>16 different triggers) experience more severe asthma attacks than those reporting lower trigger burdens.
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