- Recommendation ID
- NG80/3
- Question
Monitoring adherence to treatment:- What is the clinical and cost effectiveness of using electronic alert systems designed to monitor and improve adherence with regular inhaled maintenance therapy in people with asthma?
- Any explanatory notes
(if applicable) Why this is important:- Adherence with regular maintenance inhaled corticosteroids, on their own or in combination with long-acting beta agonists, is of paramount importance to achieve control of asthma and prevent asthma attacks. Published evidence in patients with severe asthma suggests that at least 30% of patients are partially or non-adherent with their prescribed medications, and the Royal College of Physicians' National Review of Asthma Deaths (NRAD) demonstrated that poor adherence was associated with 38% of asthma deaths.
Source guidance details
- Comes from guidance
- Asthma: diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management
- Number
- NG80
- Date issued
- November 2017
Other details
Is this a recommendation for the use of a technology only in the context of research? | No |
Is it a recommendation that suggests collection of data or the establishment of a register? | No |
Last Reviewed | 30/11/2017 |