Erschienen in:
29.08.2019 | Concise Research Reports
Recognition of Inhaled Corticosteroids or Leukotriene Inhibitors as Controller Medications Among Older Adults and Its Association with Asthma Controller Medication Adherence
verfasst von:
Grace E. McInerney, BS, Rachel O’Conor, PhD, MPH, Michael S. Wolf, PhD, MPH, Juan P. Wisnivesky, MD, DrPH, Alex D. Federman, MD, MPH
Erschienen in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Ausgabe 12/2019
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Excerpt
Asthma is common and debilitating in older adults. Suboptimal adherence to inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) contributes to morbidity in this population
1 and may be the result of older adults’ inability to distinguish controller from rescue medications as well as the regimens they should follow for each. In this study, we examined whether older asthmatics recognized their ICS as controller medications and tested the association of recognition with adherence. …