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Severe Asthma Toolkit: an online resource for multidisciplinary health professionals-needs assessment, development process and user analytics with survey feedback.


ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Severe asthma imposes a significant burden on individuals, families and the healthcare system. New treatment and management approaches are emerging as effective options for severe asthma. Translating new knowledge to multidisciplinary healthcare professionals is a priority. We developed 'The Severe Asthma Toolkit' (https://toolkit.severeasthma.org.au) to increase awareness of severe asthma, provide evidence-based resources and support decisionmaking by healthcare providers.

Setting

Roundtable discussions and a survey of Australians clinicians were conducted to determine clinician preferences, format and content for a severe asthma resource.

Participants

A reference group from stakeholder and consumer bodies and severe asthma experts provided advice and feedback. A multidisciplinary team of international experts was engaged to develop content. Written content was based on up-to-date literature. Peer and editorial review were performed to finalise content and inform web design. Website design focused on user experience, navigation, engagement, interactivity and tailoring of content for a clinical audience.

Results

A web-based resource was developed. Roundtable discussions and a needs assessment survey identified the need for dedicated severe asthma management resources to support skills training. The end-product, which launched 26 March 2018, includes an overview of severe asthma, diagnosis and assessment, management, medications, comorbidities, living with severe asthma, establishing a clinic, paediatrics/adolescents and clinical resources. Analytics indicate access by users worldwide (32 169 users from 169 countries). User survey results (n=394) confirm access by the target audience (72% health professionals), who agreed the toolkit increased their knowledge (73%) and confidence in managing severe asthma (66%), and 75% are likely to use the resource in clinic.

Conclusions

The Severe Asthma Toolkit is a unique, evidence-based internet resource to support healthcare professionals providing optimal care for people with severe asthma. It is a comprehensive, accessible and independent resource developed by leading severe asthma experts to improve clinician knowledge and skills in severe asthma management.

SUBMITTER: Maltby S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7202709 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Severe Asthma Toolkit: an online resource for multidisciplinary health professionals-needs assessment, development process and user analytics with survey feedback.

Maltby Steven S   Gibson Peter G PG   Reddel Helen K HK   Smith Lorraine L   Wark Peter A B PAB   King Gregory G GG   Upham John W JW   Clark Vanessa L VL   Hew Mark M   Owens Louisa L   Oo Stephen S   James Alan L AL   Thompson Bruce B   Marks Guy B GB   McDonald Vanessa M VM  

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<h4>Objectives</h4>Severe asthma imposes a significant burden on individuals, families and the healthcare system. New treatment and management approaches are emerging as effective options for severe asthma. Translating new knowledge to multidisciplinary healthcare professionals is a priority. We developed 'The Severe Asthma Toolkit' (https://toolkit.severeasthma.org.au) to increase awareness of severe asthma, provide evidence-based resources and support decisionmaking by healthcare providers.<h4  ...[more]

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