The Effectiveness Of Education And Self Management On Asthma Medication Adherence

Download or read book The Effectiveness of Education and Self-management on Asthma Medication Adherence written by Heidi L. Hillman and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The effects of an asthma education and self-management skills training program were investigated across adults with asthma. The first objective was to evaluate the effects of an asthma education and self-management skills training program on asthma medication adherence. The second objective was to see if peak flow would increase as medication adherence increased. Five participants who were non-adherent to their medication regimen were exposed to the education and self-management skills training components using a multiple baseline design across participants. During asthma education participants were taught about asthma, how to manage it using medication as well as the effects of medication adherence. During the self-management skills training participants were taught how to take an active role in managing their asthma as well as how to utilize a peak flow meter to determine lung capacity. The results indicated that the asthma education and self-management skills training have the potential to increase medication adherence. Although, the results do not indicate a strong correlation between increased medication adherence and increased peak flow measures"--Document.