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Compliance in asthma

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Cochrane, G.M., Horne, R., Chanez, P.·1999·Respiratory Medicine

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Low rates of compliance with medication pose a major challenge to the effective management of most chronic diseases, including asthma. The high medical and social costs of non-compliance, and the apparent lack of effective methods for dealing with it, has stimulated renewed interest in this complex issue. Two broad categories of non-compliance have been identified, namely unintentional (or 'accidental') and intentional (or 'deliberate'). Unintentional non-compliance may result from poor doctor-patient communication or a lack of ability to follow advice. Intentional non-compliance occurs when the patient knows what is required but decides not to follow this to some degree. Healthcare professionals need to be aware of the various issues affecting compliance in all patients. The reasons for non-compliance are many and varied, and include factors such as complexity of the treatment regimen, administration route, patient beliefs about therapy and other psychological factors. Improvement in patient compliance with therapy will require better doctor-patient communication, improved patient education, the tailoring of therapy to the individual and possible novel strategies such as offering feedback to the patients on their level of compliance.

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  • Concerns about asthma medicines and side-effects are known to add to the burden of living with asthma and lower levels of medication adherence.

    “Concerns about asthma medicines and side-effects are known to add to the burden of living with asthma and lower levels of medication adherence [35].”

    From A randomised controlled feasibility trial of Group Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for people with severe asthma (2017) · cites this paper as [35]

    The Conclusion and ‘Patient beliefs about their illness and treatment’ section say that concerns about adverse effects can lead patients to avoid prescribed medication. The passages do not say that those concerns add to the burden of living with asthma. Page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Authors
Cochrane, G. M., Horne, R., & Chanez, P.
Affiliations
  • St Thomas' Hospital (GB)
  • University of Brighton (GB)
  • Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve (FR)
Venue
Respiratory Medicine
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1999-11
Volume
93
Issue
11
Pages
763-769
ISSN
0954-6111 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2016277634
Cited by
246
References
47
Citations by year
2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 12 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 12
FWCI
3.29
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Respiratory Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Family Practice › Medication Adherence and Compliance
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Pharmacology › Pharmacy and Medical Practices
Keywords
medication adherence, asthma, non-compliance, physician-patient communication, patient education, psychological factors
MeSH terms
Asthma, Drug Administration Schedule, Humans, Patient Compliance, Treatment Refusal, Anti-Asthmatic Agents

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