Relationship Between Compliance of Using β2-Agonist Inhaler Drug and Asthma Control on Asthma Patient
Journal Title: Indonesian Journal of Clinical Pharmacy - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
Asthma remains a health problem affecting a large number of children and adult in the world. Being a chronic disease, asthma management requires continous medications. One of the most important issues in asthma management is adherence to treatment. Poor compliance with prescribed anti-asthma leads to increase in morbidity and mortality. This study was conducted to evaluate the relationship between ompliance prescribed anti-asthma and asthma control. This was an observasional study using crosssectional design conducted in four hospitals around Province of DI Yogyakarta during six months om June until December 2015. Subjects were patients with respiratory disorders who underwent treatment in internal medicine polyclinic in the hospitals, met the inclusion and exclusion criteria and willing to participate in the study by signing the informed consent. Compliance was assesseed by Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS) and asthma control was assessed by Asthma Control Test (ACT). Pearson’s correlation test was used to evaluate the relationship between compliance and asthma control. A total of 67 patients were selected and 57 of them met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Based on the patient’s compliance, the patients were grouped into moderate compliance (31 patients or 54%) and low compliance (26 patients or 46%). Whereas based on the asthma control, the patients were grouped into partly controlled asthma (11 patient or 19%) and uncontrolled asthma (47 patients or 81%). There is a significant relationship between compliance with asthma control (r=0303, p<0.05). Conclusion, compliance can increase asthma control.
Authors and Affiliations
Sri Haryanti, Zullies Ikawati, Tri M. Andayani, Mustofa Mustofa
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- EP ID EP368496
- DOI 10.15416/ijcp.2016.5.4.238
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