Kaho Akimoto, Kuniaki Hirai, Tomohiro Matsunaga, Keisuke Kaneko, Hatsuko Mikuni, Tomoko Kawahara, Tomoki Uno, Akiko Fujiwara, Yoshito Miyata, Shin Ohta, Tetsuya Homma, Hideki Inoue, Fumihiro Yamaguchi, Sojiro Kusumoto, Shintaro Suzuki, Akihiko Tanaka, Hironori Sagara
Purpose: Inhaler therapy is the mainstay of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) management. Poor adherence causes disease exacerbation and affects patient mortality. Although the Adherence Starts with Knowledge-20 (ASK-20) questionnaire is a reliable tool for assessing medication adherence, the relationship between the ASK-20 and clinical factors in patients with COPD remains unknown. We investigated the relationship between the ASK-20 and clinical factors, and assessed real-world inhaler therapy use...
2020: International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease