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Understanding the role of the healthcare professional in patient self-management of allergic rhinitis
OBJECTIVE: Allergic rhinitis is a common, usually long-standing, condition that may be self-diagnosed or have a formal diagnosis. Our aim was to identify how allergic rhinitis sufferers self-manage their condition. METHODS: A sample of 276 self-identified adult allergy sufferers pooled from social m...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4679322/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26770793 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050312115595822 |
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author | Kuehl, Bonnie L Abdulnour, Shahad O’Dell, Michael Kyle, Theodore K |
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description | OBJECTIVE: Allergic rhinitis is a common, usually long-standing, condition that may be self-diagnosed or have a formal diagnosis. Our aim was to identify how allergic rhinitis sufferers self-manage their condition. METHODS: A sample of 276 self-identified adult allergy sufferers pooled from social media completed an online survey comprising 13 questions. The survey was fielded by a professional research organization (Lab42). The main outcome measures included the use of prescription and/or non-prescription allergy medication, and interactions with physician and/or pharmacist with respect to medication use. RESULTS: Of the respondents, 53% (146/276) indicated that they used both prescription and over-the-counter medication to manage their allergy symptoms. Of those who used prescription medication, 53% reported that they discussed their prescription medication in great detail with their physician when it was prescribed, while 42% spoke about it briefly. Following the initial prescription, few discussions about the prescription occur with the physician (45% indicate several discussions, 40% indicate one or two discussions, and 10% indicate no discussions). In most cases (~75% of the time), allergy prescription refills did not require a doctor visit with patients obtaining refills through phone calls to the doctor’s office or through the pharmacy. Two-thirds of patients (69%) report that they have discussed their prescription allergy medication with a pharmacist, with greater than half of respondents having discussed the use of the non-prescription medication with their doctor. CONCLUSION: Patients with diagnosed allergic rhinitis appear to be self-managing their condition with few interactions with their doctor about their allergy prescription. Interactions with a pharmacist about allergy medication (prescription and non-prescription) appear to be more common than interactions with a physician. |
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spelling | pubmed-46793222016-01-14 Understanding the role of the healthcare professional in patient self-management of allergic rhinitis Kuehl, Bonnie L Abdulnour, Shahad O’Dell, Michael Kyle, Theodore K SAGE Open Med Original Article OBJECTIVE: Allergic rhinitis is a common, usually long-standing, condition that may be self-diagnosed or have a formal diagnosis. Our aim was to identify how allergic rhinitis sufferers self-manage their condition. METHODS: A sample of 276 self-identified adult allergy sufferers pooled from social media completed an online survey comprising 13 questions. The survey was fielded by a professional research organization (Lab42). The main outcome measures included the use of prescription and/or non-prescription allergy medication, and interactions with physician and/or pharmacist with respect to medication use. RESULTS: Of the respondents, 53% (146/276) indicated that they used both prescription and over-the-counter medication to manage their allergy symptoms. Of those who used prescription medication, 53% reported that they discussed their prescription medication in great detail with their physician when it was prescribed, while 42% spoke about it briefly. Following the initial prescription, few discussions about the prescription occur with the physician (45% indicate several discussions, 40% indicate one or two discussions, and 10% indicate no discussions). In most cases (~75% of the time), allergy prescription refills did not require a doctor visit with patients obtaining refills through phone calls to the doctor’s office or through the pharmacy. Two-thirds of patients (69%) report that they have discussed their prescription allergy medication with a pharmacist, with greater than half of respondents having discussed the use of the non-prescription medication with their doctor. CONCLUSION: Patients with diagnosed allergic rhinitis appear to be self-managing their condition with few interactions with their doctor about their allergy prescription. Interactions with a pharmacist about allergy medication (prescription and non-prescription) appear to be more common than interactions with a physician. SAGE Publications 2015-08-19 /pmc/articles/PMC4679322/ /pubmed/26770793 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050312115595822 Text en © The Author(s) 2015 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page(https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Original Article Kuehl, Bonnie L Abdulnour, Shahad O’Dell, Michael Kyle, Theodore K Understanding the role of the healthcare professional in patient self-management of allergic rhinitis |
title | Understanding the role of the healthcare professional in patient self-management of allergic rhinitis |
title_full | Understanding the role of the healthcare professional in patient self-management of allergic rhinitis |
title_fullStr | Understanding the role of the healthcare professional in patient self-management of allergic rhinitis |
title_full_unstemmed | Understanding the role of the healthcare professional in patient self-management of allergic rhinitis |
title_short | Understanding the role of the healthcare professional in patient self-management of allergic rhinitis |
title_sort | understanding the role of the healthcare professional in patient self-management of allergic rhinitis |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4679322/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26770793 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050312115595822 |
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