Patient-physician communication about work-related asthma: what we do and do not know.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Effective patient-physician communication is the key component of the patient-physician relationship.

Objective

To assess the proportion of ever-employed adults with current asthma who talked about asthma associated with work with their physician or other health professional and to identify factors associated with this communication.

Methods

The 2006 to 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Asthma Call-Back Survey data from 40 states and the District of Columbia for ever-employed adults (≥18 years old) with current asthma (N = 50,433) were examined. Multivariable logistic regression analyses were conducted to identify factors associated with communication with a health professional about asthma and work.

Results

Among ever-employed adults w

SUBMITTER: Mazurek JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4568829 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature