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Evaluation of the efficacy and cost effectiveness of health education methods to increase medication adherence among adults with asthma.

Year: 1990

Type: article

Study designs: Randomized Controlled Trial, Clinical Trial

Abstract: We randomized 135 adult asthma patients to a control group, and 132 patients to an experimental group which received a special health education intervention. Four adherence measures were documented at baseline and 12-month follow-up: correct inhaler use, inhaler adherence, medication adherence, and total adherence rating. Costs to routinely deliver the intervention were $32.03/patient. Experimental group patients exhibited a significantly higher level of improvement in adherence (44 percent) than control group patients (2 percent).

Source: American Journal of Public Health

DOI: 10.2105/ajph.80.12.1519

Authors: R A Windsor, W C Bailey, J M Richards, B Manzella, S J Soong, M Brooks

Institutions: University of Alabama, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Language: English

Topic: Medication Adherence and Compliance

Subfield: Family Practice

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute