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ArticleNPJ primary care respiratory medicine2024

Documentation of comorbidities, lifestyle factors, and asthma management during primary care scheduled asthma contacts.

Jaana Takala, Iida Vähätalo, Leena E Tuomisto, Onni Niemelä, Pinja Ilmarinen, Hannu Kankaanranta

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Article in NPJ primary care respiratory medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jaana TakalaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Seinäjoki Central Hospital, Wellbeing Services County of South Ostrobothnia, Seinäjoki, Finland. jaana.takala@fimnet.fi.ORCID 0000-0001-8753-3341
Iida VähätaloDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Seinäjoki Central Hospital, Wellbeing Services County of South Ostrobothnia, Seinäjoki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-0962-8446
Leena E TuomistoDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Seinäjoki Central Hospital, Wellbeing Services County of South Ostrobothnia, Seinäjoki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-6990-4508
Onni NiemeläDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Seinäjoki Central Hospital, Wellbeing Services County of South Ostrobothnia, Seinäjoki, Finland.
Pinja IlmarinenDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Seinäjoki Central Hospital, Wellbeing Services County of South Ostrobothnia, Seinäjoki, Finland.
Hannu KankaanrantaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Seinäjoki Central Hospital, Wellbeing Services County of South Ostrobothnia, Seinäjoki, Finland.
Tampere University · FITampere University of Applied Sciences · FI

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Systematically assessing asthma during follow-up contacts is important to accomplish comprehensive treatment. No previous long-term studies exist on how comorbidities, lifestyle factors, and asthma management details are documented in scheduled asthma contacts in primary health care (PHC). We showed comorbidities and lifestyle factors were poorly documented in PHC in this real-life, 12-year, follow-up study. Documented information on rhinitis was found in 8.9% and BMI, overweight, or obesity in ≤1.5% of the 542 scheduled asthma contacts. Of the 145 patients with scheduled asthma contacts, 6.9% had undergone revision of their inhalation technique; 16.6% had documentation of their asthma action plan. Screening of respiratory symptoms was recorded in 79% but nasal symptoms in only 15.5% of contacts. Lifestyle guidance interventions were found in <1% of contacts. These results, based on documented patient data, indicate a need exists to further improve the assessment and guidance of asthma patients in PHC.

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AsthmaDocumentationFollow-Up StudiesHumansLife StylePrimary Health Care

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PMID38461294
PMCPMC10925028
OpenAlexW4392619266

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