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Addressing sex and gender to improve asthma management
Sex (whether one is ‘male’ or ‘female’, based on biological characteristics) and gender (defined by socially constructed roles and behaviors) influence asthma diagnosis and management. For example, women generally report more severe asthma symptoms than men; men and women are exposed to different as...
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9764319/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36539451 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41533-022-00306-7 |
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author | Boulet, Louis-Philippe Lavoie, Kim L. Raherison-Semjen, Chantal Kaplan, Alan Singh, Dave Jenkins, Christine R. |
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description | Sex (whether one is ‘male’ or ‘female’, based on biological characteristics) and gender (defined by socially constructed roles and behaviors) influence asthma diagnosis and management. For example, women generally report more severe asthma symptoms than men; men and women are exposed to different asthma-causing triggers; men tend to be more physically active than women. Furthermore, implicit, often unintended gender bias by healthcare professionals (HCPs) is widespread, and may result in delayed asthma diagnosis, which can be greater in women than men. The sex and gender of the HCP can also impact asthma management. Pregnancy, menstruation, and menopause can all affect asthma in several ways and may be associated with poor asthma control. This review provides guidance for considering sex- and gender-associated impacts on asthma diagnosis and management and offers possible approaches to support HCPs in providing personalized asthma care for all patients, regardless of their sex or gender. |
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spelling | pubmed-97643192022-12-20 Addressing sex and gender to improve asthma management Boulet, Louis-Philippe Lavoie, Kim L. Raherison-Semjen, Chantal Kaplan, Alan Singh, Dave Jenkins, Christine R. NPJ Prim Care Respir Med Review Article Sex (whether one is ‘male’ or ‘female’, based on biological characteristics) and gender (defined by socially constructed roles and behaviors) influence asthma diagnosis and management. For example, women generally report more severe asthma symptoms than men; men and women are exposed to different asthma-causing triggers; men tend to be more physically active than women. Furthermore, implicit, often unintended gender bias by healthcare professionals (HCPs) is widespread, and may result in delayed asthma diagnosis, which can be greater in women than men. The sex and gender of the HCP can also impact asthma management. Pregnancy, menstruation, and menopause can all affect asthma in several ways and may be associated with poor asthma control. This review provides guidance for considering sex- and gender-associated impacts on asthma diagnosis and management and offers possible approaches to support HCPs in providing personalized asthma care for all patients, regardless of their sex or gender. Nature Publishing Group UK 2022-12-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9764319/ /pubmed/36539451 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41533-022-00306-7 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Review Article Boulet, Louis-Philippe Lavoie, Kim L. Raherison-Semjen, Chantal Kaplan, Alan Singh, Dave Jenkins, Christine R. Addressing sex and gender to improve asthma management |
title | Addressing sex and gender to improve asthma management |
title_full | Addressing sex and gender to improve asthma management |
title_fullStr | Addressing sex and gender to improve asthma management |
title_full_unstemmed | Addressing sex and gender to improve asthma management |
title_short | Addressing sex and gender to improve asthma management |
title_sort | addressing sex and gender to improve asthma management |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9764319/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36539451 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41533-022-00306-7 |
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