With an Attack I Associate It More with Going Into Hospital: Understandings of Asthma and Psychosocial Stressors; Are They Related to Use of Services?  

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Jones, Ian Rees ; Ahmed, Nilufar ; Kelly, Moira ; Bothamley, Graham ; Rajakulasingam, Raja ; Victor, Christina ; O'Malley, Anne ; Griffiths, Chris

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Social Science & Medicine (www.elsevier.com/locate/sosscimed) vol. 66 no. 3 (Feb. 2008), page 765-775.
Topik: UK; Asthma; Psychosocial; Chronic Illness; Primary Care; Use of Health Services

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: SS53.17 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Asthma is still a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Patients who use hospital services frequently tend to have more severe asthma and lack formal support. Attitudes to self-management also tend to differ and qualitative studies of frequent attenders have identified differing views of the appropriateness of service use between patients and their physicians. We undertook a qualitative study of patients with severe asthma admitted and not admitted to hospital in a 12-month period in the UK. The aim of the study was to investigate the realtionship between perception of life events, psychosocial factors, coping and asthma admission in these two groups of patients. We interviewed 50 patients (aged 16 and over) admitted to two large teaching hospitals in London with asthma exacerbations, 25 patients with similar levels of asthma severity 9step 3 or higher of the British Thoracic Society guidelines) sampled in General Practice and 19 general practitioners 9GPs). Data were analysed using an adapted framework analysis. Patients admitted to hospital reported high levels of psychosocial problems and life events but tended to make few connections between these and their asthma attacks or their ability to manage their asthma. Patients reporting frequent hospital use tended to value professionals working in hospitals while reporting porr relationships with GPs; views that appeared related to delays in seeking help from primary care. Among GPs, knowledge of patients hvaing attended hospital was generally poor, although they appeared more aware of those who were high users of General Practice (whether they were high attenders at hospital or not). GPs perceived stressful life events in patients with asthma to compound existing dispositions and be related to poor control and poor adherence. These findings suggest that vulnerable patient groups often face poor material circumstances and chaotic lives, impacting on their capacity to manage their illness and on their ability to derive benefit from primary care. Policy interventions aimed at reducing 'unnecessary' admissions will need to be tailored to the psychosocial circumstances and health beliefs of vulnerable patient groups.

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