Increasing the Compliance of Severe Asthma Patients with Respiratory Therapy
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Severe asthma, respiratory therapy, compliance to medication.Abstract
Purpose: The objective of the current study was to investigate the role of respiratory therapy in increasing compliance to medication among asthma patients in Saudi Arabia. Compliance to medication has positive impacts on the health outcomes of patients with respiratory diseases.
Methodology: The population of the current study included 1,500 respiratory therapists in the country of which 38 were selected using simple random sampling to participate in an online survey. The study adopted descriptive research design to investigate the methods preferred as intervention to increase compliance to medication.
Findings: According to the findings, most of the respiratory therapists preferred to tailor their care to the needs of the patients. A significant difference was observed between the methods used by respiratory therapists at rural and urban settings.
Recommendation: Healthcare professionals should apply respiratory therapy to increase the compliance to severe asthma patients to medication based on the needs of the patients.
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Copyright (c) 2022 Majed Nawar Almutairi, Khalid Adbulkareem Alotaibi, Wael Ramadan Al Anazi, Abdulaziz Saleh Alrshaid, Mohammed Obaid Alshammari, Abdulaziz Ahmed Alanazi, Abrahim, Mohammed Alfahad, Khalid Fuad Alghamdi, Turki Khalaf Alonazi, Mohammed Hassan Alsomali
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