A Systematic Review of Patient- and Family-Level Inhaled Corticosteroid Adherence Interventions in Black/African Americans.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) adherence rates are suboptimal among adult black/African Americans. Comprehensive studies characterizing the effectiveness and the methodological approaches to the development of interventions to improve ICS adherence in adult black/African Americans have not been performed.

Objectives

Conduct a systematic review of patient/family-level interventions to improve ICS adherence in adult black/African Americans.

Methods

We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science, and CINAHL from inception to August 2017 for English-language US studies enrolling at least 30% black/African Americans comparing patient/family-level ICS adherence interventions with any comparator. Two investigators independently selected, extracted data from, and rated

SUBMITTER: Riley IL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7957831 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature