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- Hasselgren, Mikael, 1964-
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Epidemiological Aspects of Asthma in Primary Care : Special Reference to Prevalence, Clinical Detection and Validation
- 2005
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Objectives. To describe the prevalence of asthma in a mid-Swedish region and measure the detection rate of asthma in primary care. To compare clinical outcomes for adolescents with asthma in primary care or in paediatric care and to perform a clinical validation in children with airway, nose and skin symptoms. Material and methods. A questionnaire survey of respiratory symptoms and disease in an adult population and an investigation of the occurrence of clinically detected asthma in primary care. A cross-sectional study comparing management, asthma control and quality of life in adolescents. The last study was a nested case-control study with a clinical validation of reported allergic symptoms in children. Results. The prevalence of asthma in the adult population was 8%. The clinical prevalence of asthma in primary care was 2%. The detection rate was higher in primary health care centres with asthma clinics, as compared to primary care without such clinics. In adolescents with asthma there was no difference in clinical outcomes between primary care and paediatric care. The validation study showed a high correlation between assigned cases and disease. Conclusions. Asthma is a common disease where the majority of cases are managed in primary care. Many cases are, however, not diagnosed and the detection rate becomes a quality care indicator. The study of adolescents confirms that proactive care can be further improved regardless of whether their management is in primary or paediatric care. The nested case-control design is suitable to suggest causational risk factors for asthma and for prediction of allergic disease development.
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- Hasselgren, Mikael, et al.
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Management, asthma control and quality of life in Swedish adolescents with asthma
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Ingår i: Acta Paediatrica. - : Taylor & Francis. - 0803-5253 .- 1651-2227. ; 94:6, s. 682-688
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Aim: In Sweden, paediatricians or general practitioners treat most adolescents with asthma. This study compares management, treatment goals and quality of life for adolescents aged 15-18 y in paediatric or primary care. Material and methods: A random sample of patients answered a disease-specific and a quality-of-life (MiniAQLQ) questionnaire. Results: The 146 adolescents in paediatric care had more years with asthma, better continuity of annual surveillance, higher use of inhaled steroids and a stated better knowledge of their asthma than the 174 patients in primary care. No difference could be detected in asthma control or quality of life. Of all 320 adolescents, approximately 20% had woken at night due to asthma symptoms during the last week. About 15% had made unscheduled, urgent care visits and a third had used short-acting beta-agonist relievers more than twice a week. Quality-of-life scores were high and similar in both settings. Conclusions: Swedish adolescents with asthma are managed and treated somewhat differently in paediatric and primary care but with equal and, for the most part, satisfying results. The difference between the two settings probably reflects both differences in severity of asthma and different treatment traditions. For all adolescents, better fulfilment of goals regarding symptoms and exacerbations would be desirable, whereas a good quality of life including normal physical activity seems to have been achieved.
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- Hederos, Carl-Axel, et al.
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Comparison of clinically diagnosed asthma with parental assessment of children's asthma in a questionnaire
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Ingår i: Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. - : Wiley. - 0905-6157 .- 1399-3038. ; 18:2, s. 135-141
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Epidemiological evaluations of the prevalence of asthma are usually based on written questionnaires (WQs) in combination with validation by clinical investigation. In the present investigation, we compared parental assessment of asthma among their preschool children in response to a WQ with the corresponding medical records in the same region. An International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC)-based WQ was answered by 75% of the parents of 6295 children aged 1–6 yr. Clinically diagnosed asthma, recorded in connection with admissions to the hospital or a visit to any of the outpatient clinics in the same region, were analysed in parallel. Finally, a complementary WQ was sent to the parents of children identified as asthmatic by either or both of this approaches. In response to the WQ 5.9% were claimed to suffer from asthma diagnosed by a doctor. According to the medical records, the prevalence of clinically diagnosed asthma was 4.9%. The estimated prevalence among children requiring treatment for their asthma was 4.4%. The sensitivity of the WQ was 77%, the specificity 97.5%. In the 1–2 yr age group the sensitivity was only 22%. This WQ was able to identify 54% of the children with a medical record of asthma. Forty percent of the children claimed by their parents to be asthmatic had no medical record of asthma. An ISAAC-based parentally completed WQ provided an acceptable estimation of the prevalence of asthma in children 2–6 yr of age, although only half of the individual patients identified in this manner are the same as those identified clinically.
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- Lisspers, Karin, et al.
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Organisation of asthma and COPD care in primary health care in Mid-Sweden
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Ingår i: Primary Care Respiratory Journal. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1471-4418 .- 1475-1534.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objective: To investigate the organisation of primary health care with regard to management of asthma and COPD and relate it to the guidelines and quality indicators for organisation stated by the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare and to an earlier study in the area. Background: The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare assessed quality indicators for the organisation and equipment for asthma and COPD in primary health care in 2004. These are spirometer, pulse oximeter for assessing respiratory impairment, nebuliser for emergency treatment and an asthma/COPD clinic for patient education. Method: A postal survey in 2005 to 56 randomly selected primary health care centres in Mid-Sweden. The survey included questions about access to an asthma/COPD clinic, spirometer, pulse oximeter, nebuliser, organisation for smoking cessation and rehabilitation. Results: All centres answered the survey. 93% had a spirometer, 83% pulse oximeter, 90% nebuliser and 64% asthma/COPD clinic. 65% had access to a program for smoking cessation within primary care. Regarding resources for COPD patients 63% centres had access to physiotherapy, 71% to occupational therapy, 41% to a dietician and 93% to a social welfare official or psychologist. Conclusion: The possibilities to offer patients with asthma and COPD sufficient care is good regarding access to diagnostic tools as spirometers and pulse oximeters and nebulisers, while access to education through an asthma/COPD clinic is insufficient. Compared to the results from the AIM-study in 2000 primary health care centres with asthma clinics have increased from 52% to 64% and access to spirometer from 76% to 93%. Only two-thirds of the centres can offer a program for smoking cessation which is insufficient. The study shows that many centres have the resources to start pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with COPD.
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- Lisspers, Karin, et al.
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Organisation of asthma care in primary health care in Mid-Sweden
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Ingår i: Primary Care Respiratory Journal. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1471-4418 .- 1475-1534. ; 14:3, s. 147-153
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- AIM: To investigate the organisation of asthma care in 240 primary health care centres (PHCCs) in Mid-Sweden. METHODS: A cross-sectional study. Main outcomes were occurrence and structure of nurse-based asthma clinics according to nationally recommended criteria, and access and use of spirometers. RESULTS: 238 PHCCs (99%) responded. 16% reported a complete, and 37% an incomplete, asthma clinic. 47% of PHCCs had no asthma clinic. The incomplete asthma clinics usually lacked sufficient asthma nurse time, a scheduled nurse surgery and a responsible GP. 77% of the PHCCs had access to a spirometer and on average 19 spirometries/1000 inhabitants/year were performed. There was a large variation in the use of spirometers. CONCLUSION: Half of the PHCCs had an asthma clinic and a majority had access to a spirometer. More frequent use of spirometry and increased time provision for the asthma nurse would be likely to produce a substantial improvement in the standard of asthma care in primary health care.
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