Patient perspectives of the influence of severe and non-severe asthma on their quality of life: A national survey of asthma patients in Spain.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Little is known about adult asthma patients' perspective of their disease burden. This study aimed to obtain a comprehensive picture of patient needs, evaluate their knowledge, source of information, and perception of the severity of their asthma, and compare these variables between severe (SA) and non-severe (NSA) asthma patients.

Methods

We conducted an online cross-sectional survey in Spain among asthma patients aged ≥18 years. A bespoke questionnaire was used to collect sociodemographic data, asthma characteristics, treatments, disease burden, patient's perception of disease severity, and asthma information sources. Patients were classified as SA and NSA according to GINA 2020 treatment steps recommendations. To compare populations, 600 participants (200 SA

SUBMITTER: Chiner E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9060022 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature