title: Perceived triggers of asthma: key to symptom perception and management.
abstract: Adequate asthma management depends on an accurate identification of asthma triggers. A review of the literature on trigger perception in asthma shows that individuals vary in their perception of asthma triggers and that the correlation between self-reported asthma triggers and allergy tests is only modest. In this article, we provide an overview of psychological mechanisms involved in the process of asthma triggers identification. We identify sources of errors in trigger identification and targets for behavioural interventions that aim to improve the accuracy of asthma trigger identification and thereby enhance asthma control.
authors: University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. thomas.janssens@ppw.kuleuven.be
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authors: Janssens
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authors: Ritz
mesh_terms: D000485:Allergens / Q000276:immunology; D001249:Asthma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D010465:Perception; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens
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