Adherence to Asthma Guidelines in Children, Tweens, and Adults in Primary Care Settings

Yawn, Barbara P.; Rank, Matthew A.; Cabana, Michael D.; Wollan, Peter C.; Juhn, Young J.

doi:10.1016/j.mayocp.2016.01.010

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“…A recent study evaluated adherence to asthma management guidelines including assessment of asthma control, factors affecting control, self management support, and prescription of drugs. 136 Adherence was highest for drug prescription (70-88%) and lowest for self management support (3%). Figure 2 details some of the guidelines on falls prevention among older people in the community published since 2000.…”

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Prevention of falls in older people living in the community

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2016

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Prevention of falls in older people living in the community

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Chaves

2016

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“…6,23,31 Unlike other assessments for asthma control, these tools highlight multiple reasons for inadequate control, including unrecognized or unavoidable triggers, incomplete adherence to asthma medications, and patient perception of response to therapy that may be due to poor inhaler technique. This enhanced decision support appears to improve patient and practice outcomes, as shown in this study.…”

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“…Prestudy assessments have been published previously. 6 Each enrolled patient's medical records were obtained from his or her enrolling practice from 1 year before enrollment through study completion, and were copied and mailed to the central site for abstracting by trained nurse abstractors using a standardized form. The nurse abstractors evaluated documentation of asthma control assessment, factors affecting control (medication adherence, inhaler technique review, trigger assessment), patient self-management support (asthma action plan 25,26 ), and the prescribing of both a quick relief and a maintenance medication.…”

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“…[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] Use of a metric for assessing asthma control has been suggested for improving asthma care, and several asthma control scores have been developed and validated against allergists' assessments.…”

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“…[2][3][4][5] Implementation of asthma guidelines has been challenging, and the burden of asthma remains high with little improvement from 1990 to 2010. [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] Use of a metric for assessing asthma control has been suggested for improving asthma care, and several asthma control scores have been developed and validated against allergists' assessments. [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] But use of these tools remains limited and has not significantly improved asthma outcomes.…”

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Use of Asthma APGAR Tools in Primary Care Practices: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to assess patient and practice outcomes after introducing the Asthma APGAR (Activities, Persistent, triGGers, Asthma medications, Response to therapy) tools into primary care practices. METHODSWe used a pragmatic cluster-randomized controlled design in 18 US family medicine and pediatric practices to compare outcomes in patients with persistent asthma aged 5 to 45 years after introduction of the Asthma APGAR tools vs usual care. Patient outcomes included asthma control, quality of life, and emergency department (ED), urgent care, and inpatient hospital visits. The practice outcome was adherence to asthma guidelines. RESULTSWe enrolled 1,066 patients: 245 children, 174 adolescents, and 647 adults. Sixty-five percent (692 patients) completed both baseline and 12-month questionnaires, allowing analysis for patient-reported outcomes. Electronic health record data were available for 1,063 patients (99.7%) for practice outcomes. The proportion of patients reporting an asthma-related ED, urgent care, or hospital visit in the final 6 months of the study was lower in the APGAR practices vs usual care practices (10.6% vs 20.9%, P = .004). The percentage of patients with "in control" asthma increased more between baseline and 1 year in the APGAR group vs usual care group (13.5% vs 3.4%, P =.0001 vs P =.86) with a trend toward better control scores and asthma-related quality of life in the former at 1 year (P ≤.06 and P = .06, respectively). APGAR practices improved their adherence to 3 or more guideline elements compared with usual care practices (20.7% increase vs 1.9% decrease, P = .001).CONCLUSIONS Introduction of the Asthma APGAR tools improves rates of asthma control; reduces asthma-related ED, urgent care, and hospital visits; and increases practices' adherence to asthma management guidelines. Ann Fam Med 2018;16:100-110. https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2179. INTRODUCTIONA sthma is a common chronic condition, [1][2][3] and primary care is the site of most asthma diagnoses and management.2-5 Implementation of asthma guidelines has been challenging, and the burden of asthma remains high with little improvement from 1990 to 2010. [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] Use of a metric for assessing asthma control has been suggested for improving asthma care, and several asthma control scores have been developed and validated against allergists' assessments.14-25 But use of these tools remains limited and has not significantly improved asthma outcomes. 23,[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36] The Asthma APGAR (Activities, Persistent, triGGers, Asthma medications, Response to therapy) (Figure 1) tools were developed not only to provide a score for asthma control, but also to guide further evaluation of inadequate control with a link to a care algorithm (Supplemental Figure 1, available at http://www.annfammed.org/content/16/2/100/suppl/ DC1/). In a small pilot study, use of the Asthma APGAR tools was associated with enhanced asthma guidelines adherence, and focus groups of patients an...

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Adherence to Asthma Guidelines in Children, Tweens, and Adults in Primary Care Settings

Abstract: Adherence to asthma guidelines is poor in primary care practices, leaving many opportunities for improvement.

Cited by 72 publications

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Prevention of falls in older people living in the community

Prevention of falls in older people living in the community

Use of Asthma APGAR Tools in Primary Care Practices: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

Education as Therapy: A History of Failure?

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