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

Table 6 Patient and Physician Reported Consequence of Patients Not Taking Medication

	Patients (%)*	Physicians (%)†
Increase symptoms	69	100
Limited physical activity	58	91
Increased use of bronchodilator	46	99
Nighttime awakenings	39	93
More frequent asthma attacks or asthma exacerbations	35	100
More severe asthma attacks	27	94
More physician visits	25	99
More hospitalizations or ER visits	13	90
Absence from work	10	87
Life-threatening asthma attacks	10	65
Less interaction with friends and family	9	55

*Patient question: Have you ever experienced the following if you don't or didn't take your asthma medication as instructed?
†Physician question: Among your asthma patients, does non-compliance in their use of asthma medication cause...?

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