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Eur Respir J ; 12(1): 35-40, 1998 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9701411

RESUMO

The present study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of International Asthma Guidelines in low-income asthmatic children in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Fifty children with moderate or severe asthma were evaluated. Patients were evaluated before and after a 1 yr follow-up period using a pre- and post-education design with patients acting as their own controls. Parents were interviewed before and 1 yr after the programme. Most of the children were receiving inadequate medical care from their primary physicians, based mainly on bronchodilators. After the educational programme combined with a medical treatment based mainly on inhaled steroids, there was a decrease in emergency room visits and no need for hospital admissions. There was also a significant decrease in asthma severity and impairment scores (p<.0001). The combination of good medical care and an educational programme can reduce the symptoms of asthma and significantly increase the quality of life, as well as decreasing the costs of asthma treatment. We conclude that by applying the International Asthma Guidelines substantial success was achieved, resulting in moving the patients from crises-orientated management into a chronic care and preventive management mode.


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Asma/reabilitação , Países em Desenvolvimento , Cooperação Internacional , Pais/educação , Pobreza , População Urbana , Adolescente , Corticosteroides/administração & dosagem , Brasil , Broncodilatadores/administração & dosagem , Criança , Serviço Hospitalar de Emergência/estatística & dados numéricos , Feminino , Seguimentos , Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde , Humanos , Masculino , Guias de Prática Clínica como Assunto , Resultado do Tratamento
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