| Inadequate use of asthma medication in the United States: Results of the asthma in America national population survey (2002) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Copyright © 2002 Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.. BACKGROUND: Studies of the use of anti-inflammatory asthma therapy have been limited to selected populations or have been unable to assess the appropriateness of therapy for individuals. OBJECTIVE: We sought to describe the current use of asthma medication in the United States population and to examine the influence of symptoms and sociodemographics on medication use. Methods: This study was based on a cross-sectional, national, random-digit-dial household telephone survey in 1998 designed to identify adult patients and parents of children with current asthma. Respondents were classified as having current asthma if they had a physician's diagnosis of asthma and were either taking medication for asthma or had asthma symptoms during the past year. RESULTS: One or more persons met the study criteria for current asthma in 3273 (7.8%) households in which a screening questionnaire was completed. Of these, 2509 persons (721 children . Robert J. Adams, Anne Fuhlbrigge, Theresa Guilbert, Paula Lozano and Fernando Martinez | |||||||||||||||||
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