| Autor: |
Joan Raven, J. Wicking, Michael J. Abramson, R K Woods, Francis Thien, Eugene Haydn Walters, Melanie C. Matheson |
| Rok vydání: |
2002 |
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| Zdroj: |
Internal Medicine Journal. 32:451-456 |
| ISSN: |
1444-0903 |
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Background: The National Asthma Campaign (NAC) was launched in Australia in 1989 with the major objective of improving asthma management through the implementation of a six-step asthma management plan. Aim: The objective of the present study was to analyse the management of asthma in a cohort of adults with self-reported asthma 10 years after the commencement of the NAC. Methods: The subjects were participants in the laboratory phase of a cross-sectional epidemiological study conducted in Melbourne in 1999−2000. Participants completed the detailed European Community Respiratory Health Survey, which included specific questions about their asthma management. Participants were included in this analysis if they had a positive response to the question ‘Have you ever had asthma?’. This resulted in a total of 435 subjects. Results: Of the subjects with self-reported asthma, over half of the participants reported that a doctor had ever measured their breathing (52.9%). However, only 10.1% of participants reported that they owned a peakflow meter (PFM) and only 13.3% reported that they had ever been given a written action plan. In comparison with data reported from 1993, doctor measurement of lung function has decreased significantly (P |
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