- Title
- Living well with severe asthma
- Creator
- Stubbs, Michelle A.; Clark, Vanessa L.; McDonald, Vanessa M.
- Relation
- Breathe Vol. 15, Issue 2, p. e40-e49
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/20734735.0165-2019
- Publisher
- European Respiratory Society
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2019
- Description
- Living well with severe asthma can be challenging. People with severe asthma can be refractory to treatment, can experience poor symptom control and are at a heightened risk of death. Patients experience symptoms of shortness of breath, chest tightness, cough and wheeze. These symptoms influence many aspects of an individual's life, resulting in emotional, financial, functional and medication-related burdens that negatively impact quality of life. Quality of life is known to be influenced by individual levels of satisfaction that stem from real-life treatment experiences. This experience is portrayed through the lens of the patient, which is commonly referred to as the patient perspective. The patient perspective is only one element of the patient experience. It influences health status, which, in severe asthma, is commonly assessed using validated health-related quality of life measures. A positive patient perspective may be achieved with implementation of management strategies tailored to individual needs. Management strategies developed in partnership between the patient, the severe asthma multidisciplinary team and the general practitioner may minimise disease-related impairment, allowing patients to live well with severe asthma.
- Subject
- asthma; allergy; breath; quality of life; SDG 3; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1456222
- Identifier
- uon:45193
- Identifier
- ISSN:1810-6838
- Rights
- © Breathe articles are open access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Licence 4.0. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
- Language
- eng
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