Nonadherence to long-term treatment is a worldwide problem resulting in illness
exacerbation and increased health care costs for most chronic conditions, including asthma …

Doing Focus Groups by Rosaline Barbour is the fourth volume in The SAGE Qualitative
Research Kit. This book can be used together with the other titles in the Kit as a …

En este volumen de la colección" Investigación Cualitativa" se examinan los problemas más
importantes de los Grupos de discusión; se consideran los problemas del diseño de la …

Abstract Discriminatory treatment of African Americans in healthcare is well recognized, yet
the literature is unclear on the specific role that perceived racism and mistrust play in the …

Rationale: Although inadequate health literacy has been associated with lower asthma
medication knowledge and worse metered-dose inhaler (MDI) technique, the relationship …

BACKGROUND: Adherence to inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) is known to be poor among
patients with asthma; however, little is known about patients who do not fill their ICS …

Although there is general agreement from studies demonstrating that adherence to inhaled
corticosteroid therapy is often inadequate to establish consistent control, relatively little …

Background.—Although national guidelines recommend controller medications for children
with persistent asthma, adherence is poor. Prior studies have begun to explore parental …

Preliminary evidence indicates that asthma patients limit exercise and healthy lifestyle
activities to avoid respiratory symptoms. This self-imposed decrease in activity, even among …

Purpose Medication non-adherence represents a socially relevant challenge, particularly
when interlinked to multiple chronic diseases and polypharmacy. Non-adherence rates …