Patient-identified barriers to asthma treatment adherence: responses to interviews, focus groups, and questionnaires
Patient-identified barriers to asthma treatment adherence: responses to interviews, focus groups, and questionnaires
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DOI:
10.1016/j.iac.2004.09.005
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发表时间:
2005-02-01
影响因子:
2.6
通讯作者:
Bender, SE
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作者:
Bender, BG;Bender, SE
This article reviews 32 patient-interview studies that surveyed the most common barriers to adherence revealed by patients included concerns about drug safety and cost and a belief that the patient's asthma was not severe enough to require daily treatment. Important but less commonly cited concerns included worry about dependence or diminished effectiveness with long-term use of the medication. Children and their parents expressed concerns about safety dependence, peer stigmatization, and parent-child conflict over taking medication. Low-income and minority patients cited similar concerns and barriers that included cost, difficulty of obtaining medication, daily life hassles, and a general distrust of the medical establishment. The information obtained from patients' perspectives indicates the need to reappraise current strategies for the management of asthma, including a more flexible approach to the use of expert guidelines for the treatment of asthma.