Medication adherence in children with asthma

Paddy McCrossan; Michael D Shields; James C McElnay

doi:10.2147/PPA.S445534

Medication adherence in children with asthma

Paddy McCrossan, Michael D Shields, James C McElnay

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Abstract

Asthma is the most common chronic disease in childhood. If untreated, asthma can lead to debilitating daily symptoms which affect quality of life, but more importantly can lead to fatal asthma attacks which unfortunately still occur globally. The most effective treatment strategy for controlling asthma is for the patient to follow a personalised asthma action plan (PAAP) which will invariably include regular use of an inhaled corticosteroid. To examine medication adherence in children with asthma, we collated recent evidence from systematic reviews in this area to address the following 5 key questions; What is adherence? Is there evidence that children are not adhering to preventer medication? Why is adherence poor and what are the barriers to adherence? Does good adherence improve outcomes in asthma? And lastly, how can treatment adherence be improved?

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	555-564
Number of pages	10
Journal	Patient preference and adherence
Volume	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S445534
Publication status	Published - 05 Mar 2024

Keywords

inhaled corticosteroid
children
asthma
inhaler
adherence

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