Guided self management plans for asthma
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Patient education and guided self-management plans.
Asthma can be controlled effectively with the use of the appropriate drugs. By varying the level of treatment, the associated risks and unpleasantness of the disease can be minimized. In the majority of situations, the range of possible changes is reasonably straightforward and there is no reason why patients should not be trained to take these steps themselves. Self-management plans are an eff...
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OBJECTIVES To explore the views held by general practitioners, practice nurses, and patients about the role of guided self management plans in asthma care. DESIGN Qualitative study using nine focus groups that each met on two occasions. SETTING South Wales. SUBJECTS 13 asthma nurses, 11 general practitioners (six with an interest in asthma), and 32 patients (13 adults compliant with treat...
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Since the rise in asthma mortality and morbidity, many guidelines and self-management plans have been published. Many of these guidelines and self-management plans are not, however, based on results of previous studies but on the opinion of experts. We compared the five most frequently cited asthma guidelines concerning treatment steps and self-management plans with special regard to peak expir...
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KEY POINTS Self-management education in asthma is not an optional extra. Healthcare professionals have a responsibility to ensure that everyone with asthma has personalised advice to enable them to optimise how they self-manage their condition.Overviews of the extensive evidence-base conclude that asthma self-management supported by regular professional review, improves asthma control, reduces ...
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We asked whether the addition of PEF recordings to a symptom-based self-management plan improved outcome in school children with asthma. In an open-randomized, parallel-group, controlled trial, we studied children aged 7-14 years with moderate asthma. After a 4-week run-in, 90 children were randomized to receive either PEF plus symptom-based management or symptom-based management alone for 12 w...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0959-8138
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1121