What patients really think about asthma guidelines: barriers to guideline implementation from the patients' perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Treatment of asthma does not always comply with asthma guidelines (AG). This may be rooted in direct or indirect resistance on the doctors' and/or patients' side or be caused by the healthcare system. To assess whether patients' concepts and attitudes are really an implementation barrier for AG, we analysed the patients' perspective of a "good asthma therapy" and contrasted their wishes with current recommendations.

Methods

Using a qualitative exploratory design, topic centred focus group (FG) discussions were performed until theoretical saturation was reached. Inclusion criteria were an asthma diagnosis and age above 18. FG sessions were recorded audio-visually and analysed via a mapping technique and content analysis performed according to Mayring (supported by

SUBMITTER: Lingner H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5225589 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature