Evaluation of allergic rhinitis and asthma control in a Portuguese community pharmacy setting

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Autor(a) principal: Lourenço, Olga
Data de Publicação: 2014
Outros Autores: Calado, Sofia, Sá-Sousa, Ana, Fonseca, João
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/9353
Resumo: BACKGROUND: Allergic rhinitis and asthma (ARA) are frequent respiratory diseases that often coexist, causing a high social and economic impact. It is important to maintain ARA disease control to reduce the disease burden. OBJECTIVE: To assess control in patients with 1 or both pathologies through the application of validated questionnaires at community pharmacies. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the pharmacies of the Portuguese county of Covilhã (located in the central region of Portugal with about 53,000 inhabitants). Subjects aged between 18 and 70 years who presented a prescription for an asthma and/or allergic rhinitis medication were invited to participate in the study by responding to a questionnaire that included the Control of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Test (CARAT). The CARAT is a validated tool to simultaneously assess the control of ARA with scores that range from 0 to 30 points, 0 meaning the worst and 30 meaning the best possible control of disease. RESULTS: Of the 224 participants, 58% were female and the median age was 48.5 years. The median CARAT score was 19 (mean = 17.8 ± 5136.4), and 87% of participants had a score < 25, indicating noncontrolled disease. Female participants, the elderly, and those with less school education responded with scores that demonstrated significantly less disease control. CONCLUSIONS: Using a simple self-assessment questionnaire, such as the CARAT, pharmacists can help identify patients with uncontrolled ARA disease, which is an important first step to change patients’ knowledge about their disease, with an ultimate goal of improving ARA outcomes.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Evaluation of allergic rhinitis and asthma control in a Portuguese community pharmacy setting
title Evaluation of allergic rhinitis and asthma control in a Portuguese community pharmacy setting
spellingShingle Evaluation of allergic rhinitis and asthma control in a Portuguese community pharmacy setting
Lourenço, Olga
Allergic rhinitis
Control of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Test
title_short Evaluation of allergic rhinitis and asthma control in a Portuguese community pharmacy setting
title_full Evaluation of allergic rhinitis and asthma control in a Portuguese community pharmacy setting
title_fullStr Evaluation of allergic rhinitis and asthma control in a Portuguese community pharmacy setting
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of allergic rhinitis and asthma control in a Portuguese community pharmacy setting
title_sort Evaluation of allergic rhinitis and asthma control in a Portuguese community pharmacy setting
author Lourenço, Olga
author_facet Lourenço, Olga
Calado, Sofia
Sá-Sousa, Ana
Fonseca, João
author_role author
author2 Calado, Sofia
Sá-Sousa, Ana
Fonseca, João
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Lourenço, Olga
Calado, Sofia
Sá-Sousa, Ana
Fonseca, João
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Allergic rhinitis
Control of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Test
topic Allergic rhinitis
Control of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Test
description BACKGROUND: Allergic rhinitis and asthma (ARA) are frequent respiratory diseases that often coexist, causing a high social and economic impact. It is important to maintain ARA disease control to reduce the disease burden. OBJECTIVE: To assess control in patients with 1 or both pathologies through the application of validated questionnaires at community pharmacies. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the pharmacies of the Portuguese county of Covilhã (located in the central region of Portugal with about 53,000 inhabitants). Subjects aged between 18 and 70 years who presented a prescription for an asthma and/or allergic rhinitis medication were invited to participate in the study by responding to a questionnaire that included the Control of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Test (CARAT). The CARAT is a validated tool to simultaneously assess the control of ARA with scores that range from 0 to 30 points, 0 meaning the worst and 30 meaning the best possible control of disease. RESULTS: Of the 224 participants, 58% were female and the median age was 48.5 years. The median CARAT score was 19 (mean = 17.8 ± 5136.4), and 87% of participants had a score < 25, indicating noncontrolled disease. Female participants, the elderly, and those with less school education responded with scores that demonstrated significantly less disease control. CONCLUSIONS: Using a simple self-assessment questionnaire, such as the CARAT, pharmacists can help identify patients with uncontrolled ARA disease, which is an important first step to change patients’ knowledge about their disease, with an ultimate goal of improving ARA outcomes.
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