Open AccessEffect of compliance to basic therapy on rate of exacerbations in patients with bronchial asthma
Author(s) -
O. A. Polevaya,
А. А. Карабиненко,
N. P. Knyazheskaya
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
pulʹmonologiâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.126
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 2541-9617
pISSN - 0869-0189
DOI - 10.18093/0869-0189-2007-0-1-69-71
Subject(s) - asthma , medicine , compliance (psychology) , asthma exacerbations , intensive care medicine , patient compliance , physical therapy , emergency medicine , psychology , social psychology
The aim of the study was to investigate the influence of compliance to basic therapy for asthma on rate of exacerbations. The asthma patients were interviewed with a specialized questionnaire before and after their studying at asthma-school. The authors revealed that only 12.7 % of the patients were fully compliant with a physician's recommendations on basic therapy and 23.1 % were not before studying; after that the proportion was 69.6 % and 0.7 %, respectively. Before attending the asthma-school, 61.8 % of the patients had 2 or more admissions to a hospital for a year, this number reduced to 4.4 % after school. Therefore, the results highlight a direct relationship between compliance to the basic therapy for asthma and the rate of hospitalizations. This allows significant reduction in hospital admission due to thorough keeping to the physician's recommendations on basic therapy for asthma.