Table 5 Compliance and asthma-control
From: National asthma observational survey of severe asthmatics in Israel: the no-air study
Use steroids daily | 43.0% |
Afraid/very afraid of side effects | 51.2% |
Stated they were always compliant with treatment | 83.0% |
Aware of the need for continuous treatment | 92.6% |
Thought lack of compliance would have a negative impact on their disease | 95.0% |
Thought treatment with tablets was more efficient than inhalation. | 39.0% |
Denied the last statement | 17.4% |
Stated asthma was partially or not-at-all controlled | 49.0% |
Stated asthma was well controlled | 8.3% |