Guided self management plans for asthma

EDITOR-The study of Jones et al on the views of health professionals and patients about guided self management plans for asthma may be open to misinterpretation. 1 They conclude from exploratory work with focus groups that attempts to introduce self guided management plans for asthma in primary care...

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Published in:BMJ 2001-05, Vol.322 (7294), p.1121-1123
Main Authors: Partridge, Martyn, Barnes, Greta, Price, David, Barnes, Jack, Cleland, Jennifer, Moffat, Mandy, Black, Peter, Jayasuriya, Pradeep, Roach, Sally, Thoms, Linda, Jones, Alan, Pill, Roisin, Adams, Stephanie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asthma
Attitudes
Continuing education
Empowerment
Focus groups
General practice
Health care industry
Hospital admissions
Letters
Medical personnel
Medications
Nurses
Patients
Primary health care
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Summary:EDITOR-The study of Jones et al on the views of health professionals and patients about guided self management plans for asthma may be open to misinterpretation. 1 They conclude from exploratory work with focus groups that attempts to introduce self guided management plans for asthma in primary care are unlikely to be successful-a conclusion unsupported by evidence. Patients are managing their own care but without help from healthcare professionals, a finding that is supported by recent interviews undertaken by the National Asthma Campaign, which showed significant asthma morbidity and only 6% of patients recalling any kind of written advice on how to take asthma treatment. 2 An Australian study found greater use of self management plans in primary care. 3 What the research of Jones et al tells us is the size of the problem involved in encouraging some asthma nurses and primary care doctors to take on the challenge.
ISSN:0959-8138
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1121