Patient preferences for asthma management: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Preference for asthma management and the use of medications is motivated by the interplay between lived experiences of asthma and patients' attitudes towards medications. Many previous studies have focused on individual aspects of asthma management, such as the use of preventer and reliever inhalers. The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the preferences of patients with mild-moderate asthma for asthma management as a whole and factors that influenced these preferences.

Design

A qualitative study employing qualitative descriptive analysis situated within a constructionist epistemology to analyse transcribed audio recordings from focus groups.

Setting

Three locations within the greater Wellington area in New Zealand.

Participants

Twenty-seven

SUBMITTER: Baggott C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7430405 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature