Asthma: diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management

Recommendation ID: NG80/3
Question: Monitoring adherence to treatment:- What is the clinical and cost effectiveness of using electronic alert systems designed to monitor and improve adherence with regular inhaled maintenance therapy in people with asthma?
Any explanatory notes (if applicable): Why this is important:- Adherence with regular maintenance inhaled corticosteroids, on their own or in combination with long-acting beta agonists, is of paramount importance to achieve control of asthma and prevent asthma attacks. Published evidence in patients with severe asthma suggests that at least 30% of patients are partially or non-adherent with their prescribed medications, and the Royal College of Physicians' National Review of Asthma Deaths (NRAD) demonstrated that poor adherence was associated with 38% of asthma deaths.

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