Asthma medication adherence and exacerbations and lung function in children managed in Leicester primary care.

ABSTRACT: Poor adherence to asthma preventer medication is associated with life-threatening asthma attacks. The quality and outcomes framework mandated primary care annual asthma review does not include adherence monitoring and the effect of poor adherence on lung function in paediatric primary care patients is unknown. The aim was to investigate the link between inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) adherence and spirometry, fraction of exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) and asthma control in asthmatic school-age children in this cross-sectional observational study involving three Leicestershire general practices. Children 5-16 years on the practice's asthma registers, were invited for a routine annual asthma review between August 2018 and August 2019. Prescription and clinical data were extracted from practice da

SUBMITTER: Paracha R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10039953 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature