Self-management and asthma

Here you can read about the latest clinical research about self-management and asthma.

Education

• Asthma and self-management
  Self-management education and regular practitioner review for adults with asthma (Cochrane Review).
• Teaching children about asthma
  Self-management teaching programmes and morbidity of paediatric asthma: a meta-analysis.
• Educating adult patients about asthma
  Limited (information only) patient education programs for adults with asthma (Cochrane Review).

Exercise

• Asthma symptoms and physical training
  Physical training gives asthmatics better physical health but does not necessarily improve asthma symptoms or reduce the number of asthma attacks.

Personal action plan

• Asthma and pregnancy
  Women with asthma do not seem to put their babies at increased risk when they keep taking their treatment during the first three months of pregnancy.
• Asthma and self-management
  People with asthma do better if they are involved in their own care.
• Teaching children about asthma
  Learning about asthma may not help children feel better.
• Best possible treatment can reduce asthma deaths
  Asthma management based on a pre-determined action plan chosen by the physician and the patient, and best possible use of medication can help reduce deaths caused by asthma.

Preventing asthma attacks

• Inhaled steroids in the accident and emergency department
  Patients with asthma attacks who receive inhaled steroids in the accident and emergency department are admitted to hospital less often.
• Best possible treatment can reduce asthma deaths
  Asthma management based on a pre-determined action plan chosen by the physician and the patient, and best possible use of medication can help reduce deaths caused by asthma.