Medication beliefs, adherence, and outcomes in people with asthma: The importance of treatment beliefs in understanding inhaled corticosteroid nonadherence-a retrospective analysis of a real-world data set.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Poor adherence to inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) increases asthma morbidity and mortality and is influenced by patients' treatment beliefs. This study maps patients' beliefs about ICSs across 6 countries examining variations in beliefs, and their relationship with adherence and outcomes.

Objective

We sought to explore the relationship between patient treatment beliefs, and adherence and outcomes in asthma across 6 countries.

Methods

Patients 18 years or older with asthma, receiving ICS alone or in combination with a long-acting β2-agonist, were included from a point-in-time paper survey of patients with asthma in Europe and the United States. Clinical characteristics, such as adherence and asthma control, were collected by self- and physician-report. Patien

SUBMITTER: Chan AHY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10509934 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature