M A Sofee, W H Wan Salwani, C H Mohd Shaharudin Shah
The presence of family during resuscitation in critical care settings: Nurses perspectives
The Medical journal of Malaysia
background identifying factors influencing adherence patients beliefs medication essential effective asthma management study aims assess gain insight beliefs patients asthma regarding inhaled medication methods secondary analysis inspirers studies patients aged 13 yo persistent asthma prescription inhaled controller recruited 60 primary secondary care centres portugal 2017 2020 demographic clinical characteristics collected facetoface visit specificbeliefs medicine questionnaire administered 1week later telephone interview mannwhitney u kruskalwallis tests used explore relations patients beliefs characteristics results total 552 participants mean 328 173 yo 645 female analysed necessity score median 19 p25p75 1622 significantly higher concerns score 15 1622 p less 0001 resulting positive necessityconcern differential median 4 07 acceptance high necessity low concerns characterized 61 participants 19 ambivalent high necessity high concerns adolescents exhibited lower necessity median 16 vs 20 p less 0001 concerns scores median 11 vs 15 p 0002 adults primary care setting patients significantly lower necessity median 18 vs 19 p 0027 concerns median 14 vs 15 p 005 compared secondary care conclusions predominantly positive perception inhaled asthma medication necessity found although ambivalence indifference exists 15 patients findings highlight importance personalized approaches address beliefs optimise patient education