Asthma drug regimes in adults - Sex disparities in asthma drug regimes in adults and prescription patterns of Dutch general practitioners in prescribing asthma medication

Overtoom, Marisca (2022) Asthma drug regimes in adults - Sex disparities in asthma drug regimes in adults and prescription patterns of Dutch general practitioners in prescribing asthma medication. Research Project, Pharmacy.

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Abstract

About 10 per cent of the Dutch population suffers from asthma. To control and diminish asthma symptoms, inhalation medication can be used. In the Dutch Association of General Practitioners (NHG, Nederlandse Huisartsen Genootschap) standard, a treatment regime is drafted, describing the four steps in asthma treatment. In this longitudinal drug utilization study, the steps in the distribution of the steps and the changes in the steps of the asthma treatment regime of the adult asthma patient population in Dutch general practices are researched while comparing sexes. The data was acquired from the IADB (InterAction) database. The study population consisted of 38007 anonymized asthma patients. The Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients were excluded by excluding Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) codes of ipratropium and tiotropium. . Regarding the distribution of step up and step down in the treatment regime, most patients (temporarily) stopped their medication or stayed in the same step within one year. Over ten years, more patients were (temporarily) stopping their asthma treatment. There was no difference in men and women concerning asthma medication usage or changes in the treatment regime. In this study, the comparison with the NHG standard could not be made because of the limitations of this study considering the offered data and characterizing asthma patients.

Item Type:	Thesis (Research Project)
Supervisor name:	Bijlsma, M.J. and Hak, E.
Degree programme:	Pharmacy
Thesis type:	Research Project
Language:	English
Date Deposited:	01 Jul 2022 11:33
Last Modified:	01 Jul 2022 11:33
URI:	https://fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/27504

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