Clinician Agreement, Self-Efficacy, and Adherence with the Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The 2007 Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma provide evidence-based recommendations to improve asthma care. Limited national-level data are available about clinician agreement and adherence to these guidelines.

Objective

To assess clinician-reported adherence with specific guideline recommendations, as well as agreement with and self-efficacy to implement guidelines.

Methods

We analyzed 2012 National Asthma Survey of Physicians data for 1412 primary care clinicians and 233 asthma specialists about 4 cornerstone guideline domains: asthma control, patient education, environmental control, and pharmacologic treatment. Agreement and self-efficacy were measured using Likert scales; 2 overall indices of agreement and self-efficacy were compiled.

SUBMITTER: Cloutier MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5948143 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May - Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature