Objective: To assess the efficacy of a World Wide Web-enabled asthma self-management intervention on quality …-of-life indicators among self-selected participants with asthma. Design: A quasi-experimental design was used in which quality …-of-life outcome indicators were derived from the Mini Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (MiniAQLQ); this self …

order to maximise resources; and 2. health policies and resource allocation. Cost may be divided into direct, indirect and …

Contemporary asthma management guidelines list inhaled corticosteroids as the preferred controller medication for … patients with persistent asthma. Despite the availability of explicit guidelines, there is evidence that these agents are … for the treatment of asthma. Like other agents of its class, its efficacy is backed by extensive clinical data. More …

question measured subjective disease severity. The Medical Outcomes Study 36-item Short Form (SF-36) health survey and Asthma …), and disease-severity measures in patients with asthma. The hypothesis studied was that patients with asthma with more … severe disease are willing to pay more for a hypothetical cure of asthma than those with less severe disease. Design setting …