Asthma action plans are often personalised

Douglass and colleagues (p 1003) interviewed 62 patients who had presented to an emergency department in Australia for asthma, to explore their decision to attend and their feelings towards action plans. 29 of them actually had plans. The action plans for asthma have previously been shown to be unpopular with both patients and clinicians, but are a major protective factor against death from asthma. This study showed that most patients with plans them found them useful, but often reinterpreted the recommendations. Modification of the plans, the authors say, was integral to their ownership and use.


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A qualitative study of action plans for asthma
Jo Douglass, Rosalie Aroni, Dianne Goeman, Kay Stewart, Susan Sawyer, Frank Thien, and Michael Abramson
BMJ 2002 324: 1003. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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