Asthma: diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management

Recommendation ID: NG80/10
Question: Improving adherence to asthma medication:- What are the most clinically and cost-effective strategies to improve medicines adherence in adults, young people and children with asthma who are non-adherent to prescribed medicines?
Any explanatory notes (if applicable): Why this is important:- There is a consensus within the guideline committee and across healthcare professionals that medicines adherence is an important determinant of asthma control, and that non-adherence is a common problem. However, there is a lack of high-quality evidence on methods to improve adherence to asthma medicines. The guideline identified a number of studies focusing on this question, but there was not a strong body of evidence behind any specific intervention strategy. In
addition, the guideline committee had concerns about the applicability of studies that did not report outcomes after a prolonged follow-up and studies that only used self-reported measures to assess adherence. The guideline committee felt further that higher-quality research is needed to recommend specific interventions for this common and significant problem.

Source guidance details

Comes from guidance: Asthma: diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management
Number: NG80
Date issued: November 2017

Is this a recommendation for the use of a technology only in the context of research?	No
Is it a recommendation that suggests collection of data or the establishment of a register?	No
Last Reviewed	30/11/2017