TY - JOUR
T1 - Ease of use of inhalers and its impact on treatment adherence and control of asthma. an observational study
AU - Valero, A.
AU - Ribo, P.
AU - Giner, J.
AU - Gutierrez, F.
AU - Plaza, V
PY - 2017/8
Y1 - 2017/8
N2 - Introduction:We aimed to assess the impact of the ease of use ofinhalers on adherence to treatment and on the control of asthmasymptoms.Objectives:Three different inhaler devices were compared in aobservational, cross-sectional, multicentre study conducted fromApril until July 2015 in patients with asthma receiving any kind ofasthma medication with the same inhaler at least 3 months beforethe study. Patients with disabling comorbidities and/or cognitivedysfunction were excluded. We collected data about the severity ofasthma according to Spanish Guideline on the Management ofAsthma (GEMA), its control (Asthma Control Test), patient’s satisfac-tion with the inhaler (FSI-10/TSQM), adherence (Test of the Adher-ence to Inhalers (TAI)/Morisky-Green) and quality of life (QoL)(Mini-AQLQ). The sample was stratified into three groups accordingto the type of maintenance inhaler used: Easyhaler (n=541), Tur-buhaler (n=124) and Accuhaler (n=74).Results:The study included 739 patients, 62.7% were women andthe mean (SD) age was 45.72 (16.9) years. Only 14.0% of patientswere classified as having intermittent or mild persistent asthma. FSI-10 questionnaire showed a favourable trend towards Easyhaler,especially in the items referring to the ease and comfort in use(P
AB - Introduction:We aimed to assess the impact of the ease of use ofinhalers on adherence to treatment and on the control of asthmasymptoms.Objectives:Three different inhaler devices were compared in aobservational, cross-sectional, multicentre study conducted fromApril until July 2015 in patients with asthma receiving any kind ofasthma medication with the same inhaler at least 3 months beforethe study. Patients with disabling comorbidities and/or cognitivedysfunction were excluded. We collected data about the severity ofasthma according to Spanish Guideline on the Management ofAsthma (GEMA), its control (Asthma Control Test), patient’s satisfac-tion with the inhaler (FSI-10/TSQM), adherence (Test of the Adher-ence to Inhalers (TAI)/Morisky-Green) and quality of life (QoL)(Mini-AQLQ). The sample was stratified into three groups accordingto the type of maintenance inhaler used: Easyhaler (n=541), Tur-buhaler (n=124) and Accuhaler (n=74).Results:The study included 739 patients, 62.7% were women andthe mean (SD) age was 45.72 (16.9) years. Only 14.0% of patientswere classified as having intermittent or mild persistent asthma. FSI-10 questionnaire showed a favourable trend towards Easyhaler,especially in the items referring to the ease and comfort in use(P
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M3 - Article
SN - 0105-4538
VL - 72
SP - 419
EP - 419
JO - Allergy
JF - Allergy
IS - Supl. 103
ER -