Background A key component of many asthma management guidelines is the
recommendation for patient education and regular medical review. A number of controlled …

Objectives: To provide physicians with current guidelines for the diagnosis and optimal
management of asthma in children and adults, including pregnant women and the elderly, in …

This completely revised and greatly expanded edition of Doing Qualitative Research spans
the spectrum of primary care research, illustrating when methods are appropriate and how to …

Background A key component of many asthma management guidelines is the
recommendation for patient education and regular medical review. A number of controlled …

A pool of 320 articles on patient education were screened to select controlled experiments in
chronic disease where the dependent variables included (a) compliance with a therapeutic …

Background Asthma education and self‐management are key recommendations of asthma
management guidelines because they improve health outcomes. There are several different …

Results are reported of a quantitative synthesis of 70 published evaluations of educational
programs for people with long-term health problems and regimens that include drugs. Study …

Objective Care remains suboptimal for a substantial proportion of the more than 17 million
patients in the United States with diabetes. This review examines strategies for improving …

Background With rising time constraints, health care professionals increasingly depend on
technology to provide health advice and teach patients how to manage chronic disease. The …

Study Objective. To implement and assess a community‐based pharmaceutical care
program for patients with asthma. Design. Prospective, randomized, controlled trial. Setting …