Patients, GPs, and nurses dislike self management plans for asthma

Self management plans are widely advocated to help patients manage their own asthma. The plans have been shown to produce improvements in health outcomes, but they have been difficult to implement in primary care. Nothing is known about the views of patients. Jones et al (p 1507) examined the views of patients, general practitioners, and asthma nurses in a series of focus group interviews. Neither the patients nor the health professionals thought that self management plans were useful, although their reasons for this view differed. Patient centred plans that acknowledge patients' reluctance to see asthma as a chronic disease may be more successful.


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Qualitative study of views of health professionals and patients on guided self management plans for asthma
Alan Jones, Roisin Pill, and Stephanie Adams
BMJ 2000 321: 1507-1510. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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