Total | Reasons for GP consultation | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A: asking for asthma drugs prescription renewal | B: seeking for medical advice due to symptom worsening | |||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | |
N. patients (n.d. = 1) | 686 | 100 | 222 | 100.0 | 464 | 100.0 |
No change in therapy | 166 | 24.2 | 98 | 44.1 | 68 | 14.7 |
Dose increase of the same therapy | 245 | 35.7 | 76 | 34.2 | 169 | 36.4 |
Change of therapy | 275 | 40.1 | 48 | 21.6 | 227 | 48.9 |
Other actions (N. patients = 687) | ||||||
None | 88 | 12.8 | 40 | 18.0 | 48 | 10.3 |
New visit scheduled | 420 | 61.1 | 119 | 53.6 | 301 | 64.7 |
Specialistic visit required: | 180 | 26.2 | 44 | 19.8 | 136 | 29.2 |
pneumologist | 146 | 21.3 | 37 | 16.7 | 109 | 23.4 |
allergologist | 33 | 4.8 | 8 | 3.6 | 25 | 5.4 |
other | 2 | 0.3 | . | . | 2 | 0.4 |
Emergency visit/hospitalization | 5 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.5 | 4 | 0.9 |
Laboratory test | 175 | 25.5 | 42 | 18.9 | 133 | 28.6 |
Education to inhaler device use | 269 | 39.2 | 88 | 39.6 | 181 | 38.9 |
Other | 24 | 3.5 | 8 | 3.6 | 16 | 3.4 |