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Effect of an Educational Intervention Delivered by Pharmacists on Adherence to Treatment, Disease Control and Lung Function in Patients with Asthma by Giovanni Paoletti; Enrico Keber; Enrico Heffler; Giacomo Malipiero; Ilaria Baiardini; Giorgio Walter Canonica; Corrado Giua; Carlotta Comar; Katia Vaiarelli; Giuliana Gioiella; Carlo Aprile; Angelo Basile; Anna Battisti; Camilla Cavalli; Mario Cirino; Mirka Dalla Bella; Rita Demontis; Gaetano Di Donato; Rita Di Gangi; Antonio Esposito; Gyada Falanga; Patrizia Ghetti; Giuseppe Fimiani; Alessia Florio; Enrico Floris; Alessandro Fontanesi; Antonino Giuffrida; Carmelo Guccione; Laura Lancia; Anna Maria Lanzoni; Azzurra Leo; Chiara Leone; Paolo Levantino; Matteo Marchionni; Maria Miccichè; Francesco Moneghini; Pia Policicchio; Antonio Rauseo; Flora Romano; Maria Josè Sequenza; Stefania Stabile; Matilde Zacchia; Stefano Iellousheg Zanetti is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Background: Lack of therapeutic adherence is a relevant problem in clinical practice and it can be assessed via validated tools such as the test of adherence to inhalers (tai). education on the correct use of inhaler devices has been associated with improvement in adherence. many studies highlighted the pivotal role of pharmacists in promoting therapeutic adherence in the management of respiratory diseases. ## Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness on adherence and clinical parameters of an educational intervention administered by clinical pharmacists (cps) to patients with asthma on long-term inhalation therapy. ## Methods: A prospective comparative study involving 34 community pharmacies in italy (23 intervention, 11 control). enrolled subjects were evaluated for adherence to inhalation therapy by tai, asthma control by "asthma control test" (act), and lung function at baseline and after 2 months. the educational intervention at baseline was based on tai results and administered by specifically trained pharmacists. ## Results: A total of 242 consecutive subjects (167 intervention, 75 control) were enrolled. there was a significant improvement in tai score, act and lung funct

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Author

Giovanni Paoletti; Enrico Keber; Enrico Heffler; Giacomo Malipiero; Ilaria Baiardini; Giorgio Walter Canonica; Corrado Giua; Carlotta Comar; Katia Vaiarelli; Giuliana Gioiella; Carlo Aprile; Angelo Basile; Anna Battisti; Camilla Cavalli; Mario Cirino; Mirka Dalla Bella; Rita Demontis; Gaetano Di Donato; Rita Di Gangi; Antonio Esposito; Gyada Falanga; Patrizia Ghetti; Giuseppe Fimiani; Alessia Florio; Enrico Floris; Alessandro Fontanesi; Antonino Giuffrida; Carmelo Guccione; Laura Lancia; Anna Maria Lanzoni; Azzurra Leo; Chiara Leone; Paolo Levantino; Matteo Marchionni; Maria Miccichè; Francesco Moneghini; Pia Policicchio; Antonio Rauseo; Flora Romano; Maria Josè Sequenza; Stefania Stabile; Matilde Zacchia; Stefano Iellousheg Zanetti

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; W. B. Saunders Co., Ltd.; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0954-6111)

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)