ArticleAfrican health sciences2016
Knowledge and use of asthma control measurement tools in the management of asthma: a survey of doctors working in family and internal medicine practice in Nigeria.
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- Knowledge and practice of the Global Initiative for Asthma report among community pharmacists in a Nigerian State.The Pan African medical journal · 2020Article
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- Association of Asthma Control and Metered-Dose Inhaler Use Technique among Adult Asthmatic Patients Attending Outpatient Clinic, in Resource-Limited Country: A Prospective Study.Canadian respiratory journal · 2019Observational
- Implementation of GINA guidelines in asthma management by primary care physicians in Vietnam.International journal of general medicine · 2017Article
- From MNHC, NCDs to prevention of infectious diseases and plantibodies: meeting challenges of our times.African health sciences · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate the knowledge and use of asthma control measurement (ACM) tools in the management of asthma among doctors working in family and internal medicine practice in Nigeria.
methodA questionnaire based on the global initiative on asthma (GINA) guideline was self-administered by 194 doctors. It contains 12 test items on knowledge of ACM tools and its application. The knowledge score was obtained by adding the correct answers and classified as good if the score ≥ 9, satisfactory if score was 6-8 and poor if < 6.
resultsThe overall doctors knowledge score of ACM tools was 4.49±2.14 (maximum of 12). Pulmonologists recorded the highest knowledge score of 10.75±1.85. The majority (69.6%) had poor knowledge score of ACM tools. Fifty (25.8%) assessed their patients' level of asthma control and 34(17.5%) at every visit. Thirty-nine (20.1%) used ACM tools in their consultation, 29 (15.0%) of them used GINA defined control while 10 (5.2 %) used asthma control test (ACT). The use of the tools was associated with pulmonologists, having attended CME within six months and graduated within five years prior to the survey.
conclusionThe results highlight the poor knowledge and use of ACM tools and the need to address the knowledge gap.
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