Asthma education tailored to individual patient needs can optimise partnerships in asthma self-management
Asthma education tailored to individual patient needs can optimise partnerships in asthma self-management
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DOI:
10.1016/s0738-3991(02)00015-0
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发表时间:
2002-08-01
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
van Schayck, OCP
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作者:
Thoonen, BPA;Schermer, TRJ;van Schayck, OCP
This paper studies the effects of patient education, tailored to individual needs of patients as part of an asthma self-management program. A tailored education program was designed which took into account individual information needs of patients by using a feedback instrument. Totally 98 steroid dependent asthmatics entered the tailored education program, 95 patients received usual care. Outcome measures were information exchanged and patient satisfaction. Study duration was 6 months. Patients in the tailored education group showed a significant reduction in information need (P = 0.005). Patient satisfaction increased from 87.9 to 93.7 in this group while this did not change in the usual care group (P = 0.000). Use of this tailored education program improved the GP-patient interaction within the context of a clinically effective asthma self-management program. Findings from this study may be applicable to other chronic conditions as well. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.