A health care navigation tool assesses asthma self-management and health literacy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Self-management of moderate-to-severe asthma depends on the patient's ability to (1) navigate (access health care to obtain diagnoses and treatment), (2) use inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) properly, and (3) understand ICS function.

Objective

We sought to test whether navigation skills (medication recall, knowledge of copay requirements, and ability to provide information needed for a medical visit about a persistent cough unresponsive to medication) are related to other self-management skills and health literacy.

Methods

A 21-item Navigating Ability (NAV2) questionnaire was developed, validated, and then read to adults with moderate-to-severe asthma. ICS technique was evaluated by using scales derived from instructions in national guidelines; knowledge of I

SUBMITTER: Perez L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5148700 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature