Abstract
Background: Clinicians and physicians need to be aware of the high prevalence of complementary and alternative medicines use in patients with asthma, as it is found to be associated with lack of asthma control, though the degree to which associations exist is still not clear. Methods: We have performed a cluster analysis to characterize patterns defining different asthma control levels and the extent to which the medicines have an impact in these categories. Results and Conclusion: We have explored the association of Complementary and Alternative medicines utilization with asthma control and the effect of asthma controller medications, with the conclusion that the usage of complementary and alternative medicines does not have a significant impact on partially and uncontrolled asthmatics.
Highlights
Global Initiative for Asthma criteria proposed a guideline to define the different degrees of asthma control based on the symptoms during the past three months and FEV1 /FPRED ratio, where FPRED is the False Positive Reduction which is computed based on the NHANES(National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey)-III standards and FEV1 is the Forced Expiratory Volume of air one can force from the lungs in one second
Previous studies demonstrated that Controller medication use was not associated with Complementary and Alternative medicines (CAM) usage in general and in the subgroups defined by asthma control [2, 8]
Controller medication use was not associated with CAM usage in general and in the subgroups defined by asthma control [6]
Summary
Asthma medications, including LABA (long-acting betaagonists), SABA(short-acting beta-agonists), and ICS (Inhaled corticosteroids) usage are the commonly preferred options depending on the degree of asthma control. Complementary and Alternative medicines (CAM) for asthma treatment in the recent days is of utmost concern in patient care because the chronicity of the disease necessitates long-term medications involving the use of inhaled corticosteroids, which could possi-. We try to assess the usage of complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) in treating asthma and its relation to the clinical control of asthma and the possible use of conventional asthma controller therapies. Clinicians and physicians need to be aware of the high prevalence of complementary and alternative medicines use in patients with asthma, as it is found to be associated with lack of asthma control, though the degree to which associations exist is still not clear
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