Quality of asthma care: results from a community pharmacy based survey

Abstract

Our results clearly identify a need to improve the management of asthma. Education programmes would be beneficial to improve asthma control.

Evaluation of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Control in a Portuguese Community Pharmacy Setting

“…One study conducted at 348 pharmacies in 9 French cities showed that patients with ARA have a low degree of control, as measured by a questionnaire, while the study volunteers reported that their asthma was well controlled or completely controlled. 23 Another study, conducted via patient questionnaire at 54 pharmacies in Flanders, showed a high percentage of insufficiently controlled asthmatic patients, as assessed by patient responses and peak expiratory flow rate. 21 A study carried out in Portugal evaluated the degree of asthma control with a self-reported diagnosis and concomitant asthma therapy using ACT.…”

“…The existing studies conducted in pharmacies mainly assess the control level of asthma and, in general, poor asthma control. [21][22][23] Identifying patients with poor ARA control may be the first step to helping patients obtain adequate treatment and to optimizing disease control.…”

Management of asthma in patients supervised by primary care physicians or by specialists

“…The design of the present study has been presented in a previous article [8]. A retrospective observational study was carried out in nine cities in France (Lyon, Montpellier, Caen, Nancy, Amiens, Dijon, Angers, Limoges, Besançon).…”

Level Control of Asthma Patients in Chest Specialist Clinics

“…11 Laforest et al also observed similar results in a community pharmacy-based survey and reported that asthma control was satisfactory for only 28% of the patients during a fourweek period. 12 In this study, more than 50% of asthmatics reported that their asthma had an impact on work, school or home duties, considerably more than what was reported in AIRE where only 37.9% of adults reported that their asthma impaired their normal physical activities. 13 Nocturnal symptoms were common among the study patients; 66% reported having night symptoms in the last 4 weeks, which is more than what was reported in the AIRE study where only 36.2% of the adult asthmatic patients had disturbed sleep as a result of uncontrolled asthma symptoms.…”