Evaluation of two different educational interventions for adult patients consulting with an acute asthma exacerbation

• Published in: American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine Vol. 163; no. 6; pp. 1415 - 1419
• Main Authors: COTE, Johanne, BOWIE, Dennis M, ROBICHAUD, Patricia, PARENT, Jean-Guy, BATTISTI, Livia, BOULET, Louis-Philippe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY American Lung Association 01.05.2001
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Adult; Analysis of Variance; Asthma - diagnosis; Asthma - drug therapy; Asthma - prevention & control; Asthma - psychology; Biological and medical sciences; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma; Female; Forced Expiratory Volume; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Morbidity; Nebulizers and Vaporizers; Patient Care Planning; Patient Education as Topic - methods; Patient Participation; Peak Expiratory Flow Rate; Pneumology; Quality of Life; Referral and Consultation; Self Care - methods; Self Care - psychology; Teaching - methods; Treatment Outcome; Human; Evaluation; Sanitary program; Treatment; Respiratory disease; Acute; Adult; Obstructive pulmonary disease; Operation; Health education; Public health; Asthma

Asthma education decreases the number of emergency visits in specific subgroups of patients with asthma. However, it remains unknown whether this improvement is related only to the use of an action plan alone or to other components of the educational intervention. A total of 126 patients consulting...