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Level of asthma control and its relationship with medication use in asthma patients in Brazil
OBJECTIVE: To assess asthma patients in Brazil in terms of the level of asthma control, compliance with maintenance treatment, and the use of rescue medication. METHODS: We used data from a Latin American survey of a total of 400 asthma patients in four Brazilian state capitals, all of whom complete...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4263329/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25410836 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1806-37132014000500004 |
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author | Marchioro, Josiane Gazzotti, Mariana Rodrigues Nascimento, Oliver Augusto Montealegre, Federico Fish, James Jardim, José Roberto |
author_facet | Marchioro, Josiane Gazzotti, Mariana Rodrigues Nascimento, Oliver Augusto Montealegre, Federico Fish, James Jardim, José Roberto |
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description | OBJECTIVE: To assess asthma patients in Brazil in terms of the level of asthma control, compliance with maintenance treatment, and the use of rescue medication. METHODS: We used data from a Latin American survey of a total of 400 asthma patients in four Brazilian state capitals, all of whom completed a questionnaire regarding asthma control and treatment. RESULTS: In that sample, the prevalence of asthma was 8.8%. Among the 400 patients studied, asthma was classified, in accordance with the Global Initiative for Asthma criteria, as controlled, partially controlled, and uncontrolled in 37 (9.3%), 226 (56.5%), and 137 (34.3%), respectively. In those three groups, the proportion of patients on maintenance therapy in the past four weeks was 5.4%, 19.9%, and 41.6%, respectively. The use of rescue medication was significantly more common in the uncontrolled asthma group (86.9%; p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that, in accordance with the established international criteria, asthma is uncontrolled in the vast majority of asthma patients in Brazil. Maintenance medications are still underutilized in Brazil, and patients with partially controlled or uncontrolled asthma are more likely to use rescue medications and oral corticosteroids. |
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spelling | pubmed-42633292014-12-12 Level of asthma control and its relationship with medication use in asthma patients in Brazil Marchioro, Josiane Gazzotti, Mariana Rodrigues Nascimento, Oliver Augusto Montealegre, Federico Fish, James Jardim, José Roberto J Bras Pneumol Original Articles OBJECTIVE: To assess asthma patients in Brazil in terms of the level of asthma control, compliance with maintenance treatment, and the use of rescue medication. METHODS: We used data from a Latin American survey of a total of 400 asthma patients in four Brazilian state capitals, all of whom completed a questionnaire regarding asthma control and treatment. RESULTS: In that sample, the prevalence of asthma was 8.8%. Among the 400 patients studied, asthma was classified, in accordance with the Global Initiative for Asthma criteria, as controlled, partially controlled, and uncontrolled in 37 (9.3%), 226 (56.5%), and 137 (34.3%), respectively. In those three groups, the proportion of patients on maintenance therapy in the past four weeks was 5.4%, 19.9%, and 41.6%, respectively. The use of rescue medication was significantly more common in the uncontrolled asthma group (86.9%; p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that, in accordance with the established international criteria, asthma is uncontrolled in the vast majority of asthma patients in Brazil. Maintenance medications are still underutilized in Brazil, and patients with partially controlled or uncontrolled asthma are more likely to use rescue medications and oral corticosteroids. Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4263329/ /pubmed/25410836 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1806-37132014000500004 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Articles Marchioro, Josiane Gazzotti, Mariana Rodrigues Nascimento, Oliver Augusto Montealegre, Federico Fish, James Jardim, José Roberto Level of asthma control and its relationship with medication use in asthma patients in Brazil |
title | Level of asthma control and its relationship with
medication use in asthma patients in Brazil
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title_full | Level of asthma control and its relationship with
medication use in asthma patients in Brazil
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title_fullStr | Level of asthma control and its relationship with
medication use in asthma patients in Brazil
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title_full_unstemmed | Level of asthma control and its relationship with
medication use in asthma patients in Brazil
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title_short | Level of asthma control and its relationship with
medication use in asthma patients in Brazil
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title_sort | level of asthma control and its relationship with
medication use in asthma patients in brazil |
topic | Original Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4263329/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25410836 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1806-37132014000500004 |
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