Assessing adherence to inhaled corticosteroids in asthma patients using an integrated measure based on primary and secondary adherence
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- 作者：Lucie Blais ; Fatima-Zohra Kettani…
- 关键词：Primary adherence ; Secondary adherence ; Inhaled corticosteroids ; Asthma ; Written prescriptions ; Administrative databases
- 刊名：European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：January 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：73
- 期：1
- 页码：91-97
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- 刊物类别：Biomedical and Life Sciences
- 刊物主题：Pharmacology/Toxicology;
- 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- ISSN：1432-1041
- 卷排序：73
文摘
PurposeThere are very few studies on primary adherence (i.e., first filling of a prescription) to inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) in asthma patients; two have involved children. Moreover, adherence can be overestimated when considering only secondary adherence (i.e., following the medication recommendations for a defined period) and ignoring primary adherence. We aimed thus to evaluate the real-world primary and secondary adherence to ICS and to develop an integrated primary and secondary adherence (IPSA) measure.