Understanding what asthma plans mean: a linguistic analysis of terminology used in published texts
| Autor: | Gaylor Hoskins, Ruth Jepson, Aziz Sheikh, Hilary Pinnock, Sally Wyke, Nicola A Ring, Caroline Wilson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Medical education business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health MEDLINE meaning Context (language use) Plan (drawing) Ambiguity asthma self-management plans respiratory tract diseases Terminology Comprehension immune system diseases Taxonomy (general) terminology Medicine action plans business linguistic analysis Meaning (linguistics) media_common |
| Zdroj: | Primary Care Respiratory Journal. 20:170-177 |
| ISSN: | 1475-1534 1471-4418 |
| DOI: | 10.4104/pcrj.2011.00012 |
| Popis: | AIM: To identify from the literature what terms are used for 'asthma plans', with what meaning, and in what context(s). METHODS: Linguistic analysis of a selected body of asthma literature from 1989-2009. RESULTS: A wide range of asthma plan terminology was evident, with terms such as 'action plans', 'self-management plans' and 'treatment plans' being applied inconsistently and synonymously. For individual patients the term 'asthma plan' can describe a clinically-determined list of prescribed medication, an agreed plan to guide self-management of changing symptoms, or a more holistic 'living with asthma' plan. In some contexts the term 'asthma plan' was also used to describe an organisational system of care, which causes further ambiguity. CONCLUSIONS: Within the literature, a plethora of terms is used inconsistently and with varied meaning. This is a potential, but previously unrecognised, barrier to asthma plan implementation. A taxonomy of asthma plans and a standardised definitions of terms is required. |
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