title: Pharmacist provision of language-appropriate education for Asian patients with asthma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To improve asthma treatment outcomes in Asians living in Seattle and for whom English is a second language.
  
  
  METHODS
  Pre-post design.
  
  
  METHODS
  International Community Health Services, Seattle, Washington.
  
  
  METHODS
  Asians older than 18 years with asthma and whose native language was not English.
  
  
  METHODS
  Pharmacists or pharmacy students provided oral and written asthma education in the subject's native language.
  
  
  METHODS
  Self-reported use of valve-holding chambers and peak flow meters; self-reported asthma symptoms at baseline and 6 months after intervention; number of acute asthma-related (non-routine, non-follow-up) clinic visits during the 6 months before and after the intervention.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirty-two subjects, aged 42 to 88 years, participated. Subjects demonstrated a reduction in mean number of asthma attacks (3.7 to 1.0, P < .001) and night awakenings (1.4 to 0.3, P < .001). Patient satisfaction with the program was excellent. Spacer and peak flow meter use increased from 7 to 18 subjects (P < .001) and 1 to 14 subjects (P < .0002), respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Language-appropriate asthma education improved treatment outcome for patients whose native language was not English.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Health Sciences Building, Room H361B, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. podegard@u.washington.edu
authors.forename: Peggy Soule
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Odegard
authors.forename: Annie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chun
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Blough
authors.forename: Marie Ann
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People / Q000208:ethnology*; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000208:ethnology; D003157:Community Pharmacy Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D010595:Pharmacists; D014481:United States; D014825:Vocabulary; D000078329:Workforce