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Table 6 Role of allied health care professionals in supporting severe asthma care and education (28–30)

From: Recommendations from a Canadian Delphi consensus study on best practice for optimal referral and appropriate management of severe asthma

No.

Statement

Agreement (%)

28

Allied healthcare professionals (nurses, educators, respiratory therapists, pharmacist, etc.) have a critical role to fill in the ongoing management of severe asthma patients

98

29

Pharmacy (either community- or hospital-based) has an important role to play in helping to identify asthma patients who have an over-reliance on SABA and/or OCS use or are non-adherent

97

30

All patients with asthma need to be educated about their asthma

100