Promoting the use of Personal Asthma Action Plans

guohong submitted, created time 1 year 4 months (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

To investigate how best to encourage health professionals to promote, and for people with asthma to use, asthma action plans, the researchers randomised controlled trials published between 1960 and 2006 were searched using multiple electronic databases. Unpublished and ongoing studies were identified by contacting asthma experts internationally. Included trials reported outcome data for the promotion of action plans including issue of plans by health professionals, and patient ownership and use. 14 trials satisfied their study inclusion criteria

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