CONTROL OF ASTHMA IN PATIENTS THAT USING ANTICHOLINERGICS DRUGS. ASMADUAL STUDY

1. METHODS:METHODS:
• Methodology: descriptive cross-sectional catalonian multicenter study, with 55 doctors (family
practitioners, pneumologists, allergists and internists) of 20 primary care centers that passed a self-
administered survey to their asthmatic patients during april/2012.
• Variables: sex; age; smoking; treatments; adverse effects; degree of control, self-perceived and by
the Asthma Control Test (ACT≤19 insufficient control and >19 sufficient control).
• Statistics: SAS 9.0 program
CONTROL OF ASTHMA IN PATIENTS THAT USING ANTICHOLINERGICSCONTROL OF ASTHMA IN PATIENTS THAT USING ANTICHOLINERGICS
DRUGS. ASMADUAL STUDYDRUGS. ASMADUAL STUDY
P. Gonzales a
; P. Rubinstein b
; N. Perallons c
; X . Garcia c
; A. Pedro b
; T. Navarro c
; Y. Sanz c
; S.
Riera c
; C. Galvan c
. ASMADUAL GROUP.
Primary Care Center Canaletes a
; Martorell Medical Center b
; Catalonian Health Service c
. Spain.
OBJECTIVE:OBJECTIVE: To quantify the degrre of asthma control in patients that using anticholinergics drugs in
differents populations of catalonia.
RESULTS:RESULTS:
29,9%70,1%
Men Women
18,7%
12,8%12,4%
16,8%
27,6%
10,4%
18,3%
47,9%
0
10
20
30
40
50
60 Salbutamol
Budesonide
Anticholinergics
Budesonide/
Formoterol
Fluticasone/
Salmeterol
Beclometasone/
Formoterol
Montelukast
Others
41
59
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Self-perceived good
control
ACT< 19
CONCLUSIONS:CONCLUSIONS:
1. The degree of asthma control in patients who using anticholinergisc drugs was 59%
2. There is no difference between patients who use ipratropium or tioropium
SEX AND AGE
TREATMENTS
DEGREE OF CONTROL(%) IN
PATIENTS THAT USING
ANTICHOLINERGIS DRUGS
N = 578N = 578
19
20
I pratropium Tiotropium
ANTICHOLINERGIS
DRUGS USED
ID 1182ID 1182