Effect of a pharmacist intervention on asthma control. A cluster randomised trial

Abstract

The AFasma study focused on the important outcomes of asthma management, and showed that through the designed intervention, community pharmacists can increase controlled asthma patients compared to usual care. Trial registration NCT01085474.

The prevalence of severe refractory asthma

“…5 In patients with difficult-to-control asthma, the lack of asthma control is due to other factors than asthma itself, such as nonadherence to treatment or incorrect inhalation technique. 6 On the other hand, on patients with severe refractory asthma, the disease remains uncontrolled despite addressing and removing all possible factors that might aggravate the underlying disease.…”

Evaluation of asthma control in the pharmacy: an Italian cross-sectional study

“…As highlighted by other reports (28,29) asthma in the elderly is not a rare disease, and its detection and management in that specific population deserves the highest consideration. Furthermore, the treatment choices should be carefully evaluated was prevalent (13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25). Therefore, it is conceivable that a worse control of asthma is more common in younger ages.…”

The Pharmaceutical Care in Asthma—Polish and Global Perspective

“…The intervention resulted in improved medication adherence and inhaler technique. It is possible to combine different pharmaceutical services to improve clinical outcomes [30].…”