Open AccessRole of health education and self-action plan in improving the drug compliance in bronchial asthma
Author(s) -
Gajanan S Gaude,
Jyothi Hattiholi,
Alisha Chaudhury
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4863.130269
Subject(s) - medicine , asthma , socioeconomic status , disease , pharmacy , health education , pharmacotherapy , compliance (psychology) , patient education , physical therapy , intensive care medicine , family medicine , pediatrics , public health , environmental health , population , nursing , psychology , social psychology
Considering the prevalence and associated burden of disease due to bronchial asthma, it is mandatory to obtain an optimal control of the disease and to improve outcomes for these patients. But it has been observed that there is very poor adherence to the inhalational therapy which leads to the suboptimal control of the disease.