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Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Author ORCID Identifier

KURTULUŞ AKSU: 0000-0001-6195-1158

GÜRGÜN TUĞÇE VURAL SOLAK: 0000-0003-3890-9255

PINAR MUTLU: 0000-0002-7496-0026

LEVENT CEM MUTLU: 0000-0002-3535-5704

GÖRKEM VAYIŞOĞLU ŞAHİN: 0000-0003-1107-3531

BURCU YORMAZ: 0000-0001-6563-8337

AYLİN ÇAPRAZ: 0000-0002-9195-7398

EZGİ ERDEM TÜRE: 0000-0003-4285-3338

YAVUZALP SOLAK: 0000-0001-5274-7606

FUNDA AKSU: 0000-0003-4026-4695

DOI

10.55730/1300-0144.5910

Abstract

Background/aim: In our country, there is no data on whether the clinicians give an asthma action plan to implement to patients followed up with a diagnosis of asthma, and whether patients can manage their treatment according to this plan. The present study aimed to determine the use of asthma action plans in our country and the awareness levels of patients about the plan.Materials and methods: Multicenter, cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in outpatient immunology and allergy and pulmonology clinics of secondary and tertiary health-care centers. Adults asthmatics filled out a case registration form regarding age, gender, educational status, duration of asthma, and smoking history. Subjects answered The Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) assessment of control questions and whether they had previously been mentioned an asthma action plan and benefited from it. Results: Data of 265 asthmatic adults (mean age: 48.4 (standard deviation: 13.4) years, 194 (73.2%) females) were analyzed. The asthma control state of 212 (80.0%) patients was controlled, and 53 (20.0%) patients was uncontrolled. An asthma action plan was mentioned to 91 (34.3%) of 265 patients. Among these 91 patients who were mentioned about the asthma action plan, 85 (93.4%) were given written asthma action plan, 85 (93.4%) stated that they benefited from the plan. The rate of being given an asthma action plan in illiterate patients was significantly lower than in patients with any education (p<0.001).Conclusion: Rate of mentioning an asthma action plan to asthmatics is low. Almost all patients to whom an asthma action plan is recommended benefit significantly from the plan. It is important to give patients with asthma an asthma action plan. It would be even more useful to give this plan in written form.

Keywords

Asthma, asthma action plan, asthma control level, asthma self-management plans, educational status

First Page

1281

Last Page

1285

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