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Perceived triggers of asthma: key to symptom perception and management
Author(s) -
Janssens T.,
Ritz T.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
clinical and experimental allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.462
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1365-2222
pISSN - 0954-7894
DOI - 10.1111/cea.12138
Subject(s) - asthma , identification (biology) , perception , psychological intervention , medicine , asthma management , allergy , psychology , clinical psychology , immunology , psychiatry , biology , neuroscience , botany
Summary Adequate asthma management depends on an accurate identification of asthma triggers. A review of the literature on trigger perception in asthma shows that individuals vary in their perception of asthma triggers and that the correlation between self‐reported asthma triggers and allergy tests is only modest. In this article, we provide an overview of psychological mechanisms involved in the process of asthma triggers identification. We identify sources of errors in trigger identification and targets for behavioural interventions that aim to improve the accuracy of asthma trigger identification and thereby enhance asthma control.