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Asthma education tailored to individual patient needs can optimise partnerships in asthma self-management.
- Source :
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Patient Education & Counseling . Aug2002, Vol. 47 Issue 4, p355-360. 6p. - Publication Year :
- 2002
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Abstract
- This paper studies the effects of patient education, tailored to individual needs of patients as part of an asthma self-management program. A tailored education program was designed which took into account individual information needs of patients by using a feedback instrument. Totally 98 steroid dependent asthmatics entered the tailored education program, 95 patients received usual care. Outcome measures were information exchanged and patient satisfaction. Study duration was 6 months. Patients in the tailored education group showed a significant reduction in information need (P=0.005). Patient satisfaction increased from 87.9 to 93.7 in this group while this did not change in the usual care group (P=0.000). Use of this tailored education program improved the GP-patient interaction within the context of a clinically effective asthma self-management program. Findings from this study may be applicable to other chronic conditions as well. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07383991
- Volume :
- 47
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Patient Education & Counseling
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 106804910
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0738-3991(02)00015-0