A Patient-Centered Description of Severe Asthma: Patient Understanding Leading to Assessment for a Severe Asthma Referral (PULSAR)

Tonya A. Winders (), Andrew M. Wilson, Monica J. Fletcher, Anthony McGuinness and David B. Price
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Tonya A. Winders: Global Allergy Asthma Patient Platform (GAAPP)
Andrew M. Wilson: University of East Anglia
Monica J. Fletcher: The University of Edinburgh
Anthony McGuinness: Patient Representative
David B. Price: University of Aberdeen

The Patient: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, 2019, vol. 12, issue 5, No 9, 539-549

Abstract: Abstract Background Although severe asthma can be life-threatening, many patients are unaware they have this condition. Objectives Patient Understanding Leading to Assessment for a Severe Asthma Referral (PULSAR) is a novel, multidisciplinary working group aiming to develop and disseminate a global, patient-centered description of severe asthma to improve patient understanding of severe asthma and effect a change in patient behavior whereby patients are encouraged to visit their healthcare professional, when appropriate. Methods Current definitions from patient organization websites, asthma guidelines, and medication information for key asthma drugs were assessed and informed a multidisciplinary working group, convened to identify common concepts and terminology used to define severe asthma. A patient-centered description of severe asthma and patient checklist were drafted based on working-group discussions and reviewed by an external behavioral scientist for patient understanding and relevance. These were tested using an online US/Canadian survey. Results The patient-centered description of severe asthma and patient checklist were reviewed and re-drafted by the authors. The text was simplified following the behavioral-scientist review. The survey (n = 153) included 105 patients with severe asthma. Of those with severe asthma, 92.2% of patients reported that the description was consistent with their experiences of severe asthma and 92.6% of patients reported that the PULSAR initiative would encourage them to visit their healthcare provider. Conclusion A patient-centered description of severe asthma has been developed and tested using patients with severe asthma; this description will allow patients to assess whether they might have severe asthma and prompt them to visit their healthcare provider, if appropriate.

Date: 2019
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