Barriers to Asthma Treatment in the United States: Results From the Global Asthma Physician and Patient Survey

Table 5 Reasons Patients Fail to Comply With Asthma Medication Treatment Regimen

	Patients (%)*	Physicians (%)†
Don't need to take if symptoms go away	5.4	7.9
Don't need to take it so often	5.2	7.5
Forget	5.2	7.3
Fear of steroids	4.1	5.6
Concerns about side effects	3.9	5.5
Concerns about becoming dependent	3.7	5.1
Inconvenience	3.7	6.6
Lack of insurance coverage or too expensive	3.6	7.2
Difficulty understanding the instructions	2.4	5.6

*Patient question: On a scale of 1-10 where "1" means "not at all important" and "10" means "extremely important," now important are the following reasons you don't or didn't always take your asthma medication as instructed?
†Physician question: On a scale of 1-10 where "1" means not at all important" and "10" means "extremely important," how important are the following reasons your patients don't take their asthma medication as instructed?

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