Promoting adherence to inhaled therapy: building partnerships through patient education.
Optimal treatment outcomes are dependent upon patient adherence to therapy. Problems in adherence can be overcome by developing a professional-patient partnership that has the goal of developing communication between the partners, mutual accountability, respect for personal values and viewpoints, and shared decision making. The process of patient education is shaped by the needs of this developing partnership rather than a-priori goals established by the professional.
Lewis
R M
RM
School of Nursing, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Fink
J B
JB
D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D000328:Adult; D000336:Aerosols / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009330:Nebulizers and Vaporizers; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D012138:Respiratory Therapy / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
D000336:Aerosols