Self-Management Plans for Asthma Control and Predictors of Patient Compliance

Abstract

Introduction of self-management plans improved illness control and quality of life in asthma patients. Use of the PFM and the presence of higher RIELCS and lower BDI scores can be used to predict compliance with the action plans.

Normocaloric Diet Improves Asthma-Related Quality of Life in Obese Pubertal Adolescents

“…This could probably be explained by the fact that all patients were programmed to asthma education visits more frequently than their ordinary medical schedule. In these terms, as has been established in a number of studies [26,27], it is possible that certain psychosocial elements, like better adherence to treatment as a consequence of better acknowledgment of their disease, in addition to gradual changes in confidence and self-care, could have been related to the modest improvement in AR-QOL achieved by the FD group, despite remaining obese.…”

Longitudinal associations between asthma control, medication adherence, and quality of life among adolescents: results from a cross-lagged analysis

“…Most intervention studies that aimed to increase medication adherence in adults with asthma found that better medication adherence predicted increases in QOL from baseline to follow-up at 2 to 4 weeks [12], and even over longer periods of time, like 3 months [13]. However, some studies did not show improvement in QOL as a result of better medication adherence at 3 or 6 months after the intervention [14].…”

Perspectives of patients and healthcare professionals on mHealth for asthma self-management

“…Furthermore, action points based on rudimentary data, such as symptoms and peak flow, may be less effective than action points based on multiple personalised parameters [10]. Despite important benefits of self-management, only 27% of adults with asthma receive an asthma action plan [11] and patients' adherence to written action plans is poor [12].…”