| Necessary alternatives: patients' views of asthma treatment. | |
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PMID: 20622919 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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This article is based on semistructured interviews and focus groups conducted with 27 asthma patients in The Netherlands who chose complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for treatment of their condition. All subjects were contacted through an online forum for asthma patients hosted by the Dutch Asthma Foundation. Nineteen subjects (12 women and seven men) between the ages of 29 and 65 years participated in the interviews, held between June 2009 and January 2010. All of the participating subjects had experience with conventional medications, including anti-inflammatory corticosteroids and bronchodilators. For the focus group meeting, held in February 2010, the sample included seven subjects (four women and three men) between the ages of 31 and 46 years, none of whom had ever used conventional medication and all of whom were using CAM. All subjects in the sample had been diagnosed with asthma by their physician or lung specialist. The study examined the causes of patient noncompliance with the prescribed medical regime. It is argued that evidence-based rationality on the part of subjects is an overlooked dimension of their experience of asthma. This study demonstrates the role that the patients' social network, including medical practitioners, friends, and family, and other asthmatics, plays in the process of decision-making and choices about treating asthma. It also demonstrates the role of patients' information-searching strategies. The author concludes that patient noncompliance with commonly prescribed medication and selection of alternative medical treatment is less a matter of denial of their diagnosis or the severity of their illness, but more a matter of choice informed by evidence-based rationality. |
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Helen Kopnina; Joke Haafkens |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-06-24 |
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Title: Patient preference and adherence Volume: 4 ISSN: 1177-889X ISO Abbreviation: Patient Prefer Adherence Publication Date: 2010 |
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Created Date: 2010-07-12 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101475748 Medline TA: Patient Prefer Adherence Country: New Zealand |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 207-17 Citation Subset: - |
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Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labor Studies, University of Amsterdam; |
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