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Inhaler Non-Adherence, Associated Factors and Asthma Control among Asthma Patients in a Tertiary Level Hospital in Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Inhaled medications including corticosteroids are the most effective long-term controller medicines for asthma-related chronic airway inflammation. Despite this fact, 30% to 70% of the uncontrolled asthma patients report non-adherence to their inhalers. This study investigated factors af...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9639640/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36424951 http://dx.doi.org/10.24248/eahrj.v6i1.682 |
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description | BACKGROUND: Inhaled medications including corticosteroids are the most effective long-term controller medicines for asthma-related chronic airway inflammation. Despite this fact, 30% to 70% of the uncontrolled asthma patients report non-adherence to their inhalers. This study investigated factors affecting inhaler non-adherence among outpatient asthma patients in Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam Tanzania and related the level of inhaler adherence to the extent of asthma control. METHODS: A cross-sectional hospital-based study was conducted among patients with bronchial asthma in the pulmonology clinic of Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania. Patients' demographic, clinical and socio-economic factors were collected using a structured questionnaire. Medication adherence was self-reported using a 10-item Test of Adherence to Inhalers (TAI) questionnaire. Adherence was gauged as good when the score was 50, intermediate (score 46-49) or poor (score ≤ 45). Asthma control was assessed using a 5-question Asthma Control Test (ACT). A score of ≥20 meant well controlled asthma while a score of ≤19 meant poorly controlled asthma. Patients' inhaler use technique was assessed using a 10-step checklist. Patient's technique was regarded correct when all the steps were performed correctly. Categorical data were summarised as proportions. Binary logistic regression was performed to identify factors associated with inhaler non-adherence. Significance level was set at p-value less than .05. RESULTS: A total of 385 asthma patients were enrolled in the study. Females were 206 (53.5%), 232(60.3%) were non-adherent to medications and 283(73.5%) had poorly controlled asthma. Lack of health insurance, fear of medication side effects, being too busy, having alternative medication for asthma and incorrect inhaler technique were significantly associated with non-adherence to inhalers, all p-values <.05. CONCLUSION: The magnitude of inhaler non-adherence and poorly controlled asthma were very high. Promoting adherence through patients' education on asthma and its management, emphasis on patients' insurance coverage and setting aside time to care for ones' self are fundamental in optimising asthma care and treatment. |
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spelling | pubmed-96396402022-11-23 Inhaler Non-Adherence, Associated Factors and Asthma Control among Asthma Patients in a Tertiary Level Hospital in Tanzania Shayo, Grace A. Omary, Amina Mugusi, Ferdinand East Afr Health Res J Original Article BACKGROUND: Inhaled medications including corticosteroids are the most effective long-term controller medicines for asthma-related chronic airway inflammation. Despite this fact, 30% to 70% of the uncontrolled asthma patients report non-adherence to their inhalers. This study investigated factors affecting inhaler non-adherence among outpatient asthma patients in Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam Tanzania and related the level of inhaler adherence to the extent of asthma control. METHODS: A cross-sectional hospital-based study was conducted among patients with bronchial asthma in the pulmonology clinic of Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania. Patients' demographic, clinical and socio-economic factors were collected using a structured questionnaire. Medication adherence was self-reported using a 10-item Test of Adherence to Inhalers (TAI) questionnaire. Adherence was gauged as good when the score was 50, intermediate (score 46-49) or poor (score ≤ 45). Asthma control was assessed using a 5-question Asthma Control Test (ACT). A score of ≥20 meant well controlled asthma while a score of ≤19 meant poorly controlled asthma. Patients' inhaler use technique was assessed using a 10-step checklist. Patient's technique was regarded correct when all the steps were performed correctly. Categorical data were summarised as proportions. Binary logistic regression was performed to identify factors associated with inhaler non-adherence. Significance level was set at p-value less than .05. RESULTS: A total of 385 asthma patients were enrolled in the study. Females were 206 (53.5%), 232(60.3%) were non-adherent to medications and 283(73.5%) had poorly controlled asthma. Lack of health insurance, fear of medication side effects, being too busy, having alternative medication for asthma and incorrect inhaler technique were significantly associated with non-adherence to inhalers, all p-values <.05. CONCLUSION: The magnitude of inhaler non-adherence and poorly controlled asthma were very high. Promoting adherence through patients' education on asthma and its management, emphasis on patients' insurance coverage and setting aside time to care for ones' self are fundamental in optimising asthma care and treatment. The East African Health Research Commission 2022 2022-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9639640/ /pubmed/36424951 http://dx.doi.org/10.24248/eahrj.v6i1.682 Text en © The East African Health Research Commission 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly cited. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Original Article Shayo, Grace A. Omary, Amina Mugusi, Ferdinand Inhaler Non-Adherence, Associated Factors and Asthma Control among Asthma Patients in a Tertiary Level Hospital in Tanzania |
title | Inhaler Non-Adherence, Associated Factors and Asthma Control among Asthma Patients in a Tertiary Level Hospital in Tanzania |
title_full | Inhaler Non-Adherence, Associated Factors and Asthma Control among Asthma Patients in a Tertiary Level Hospital in Tanzania |
title_fullStr | Inhaler Non-Adherence, Associated Factors and Asthma Control among Asthma Patients in a Tertiary Level Hospital in Tanzania |
title_full_unstemmed | Inhaler Non-Adherence, Associated Factors and Asthma Control among Asthma Patients in a Tertiary Level Hospital in Tanzania |
title_short | Inhaler Non-Adherence, Associated Factors and Asthma Control among Asthma Patients in a Tertiary Level Hospital in Tanzania |
title_sort | inhaler non-adherence, associated factors and asthma control among asthma patients in a tertiary level hospital in tanzania |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9639640/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36424951 http://dx.doi.org/10.24248/eahrj.v6i1.682 |
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