Abstract

ZAPATA MARTINEZ, Alicia et al. Cumplimiento del tratamiento para el asma bronquial por los pacientes de un área de salud. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 1998, vol.14, n.6, pp. 522-526. ISSN 1561-3038.

A study was conducted to know about the fulfilment of the drug therapy, the causes of the nonfulfilment, the most used drugs, the degree of control of the symptoms of bronchial asthma, and the quality of the medical assistance received by the asthmatic patients in a health area of Villa Clara. Most of the patients did not folow the indicated treatment. The most frequent cause was the lackoof preocuppation. Patients proved to have an inadequate control of the symptoms. The inhaled bronchodilators predominated among the drugs prescribed for treating the symptoms. There were a few efficient drugs for the prophylactic treatment and it was observed a poor knowledge about the inhalatory techniques. It is considered that the deficient control of the symptoms is not only due to the nonfulfilment of the treatment but to the deficiencies found in the quality of prescription

Keywords : ASTHMA [drug therapy]; DRUG UTILIZATION; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.

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