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DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-820536
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York
Asthma bronchiale: Vergleich von Arzteinschätzung und Patientenmeinung
Ergebnisse der AIRLife-BefragungBronchial asthma: a comparison of the doctor’s assessment and the patient’s opinionResults of the AIRLife questionnaire studyPublication History
eingereicht: 28.6.2002
akzeptiert: 18.2.2004
Publication Date:
25 February 2004 (online)

Hintergrund und Fragestellung: Mangels verlässlicher Methoden ist es dem niedergelassenen Arzt in der Praxis meist unmöglich, seine Patienten hinsichtlich ihres persönlichen Empfindens exakt einzuschätzen. Ziel dieser Untersuchung war es daher, die Zu- und/oder Abneigungen der Patienten gegenüber ihrer Erkrankung und der Therapie der Einschätzung der Ärzte gegenüberzustellen und Divergenzen aufzuzeigen.
Patienten und Methodik: Es wurden bei niedergelassenen praktisch tätigen Ärzten (n = 202) und Internisten (n = 103) einerseits und Patienten (n = 244) mit einem Asthma bronchiale andererseits mittels validierter Fragebögen eine Telefonbefragung durchgeführt.
Ergebnisse: 50 % der Patienten wurden mit inhalativen und/oder systemischen Glukokortikosteroiden therapiert. Kurz- und langwirksame β 2-Rezeptoragonisten (alleine oder als Kombinationspräparat) erhielten > 90 %. Husten, Bronchitis, „Heuschnupfen”, und Sinusitiden wurden von den Patienten gegenüber der Einschätzung der Ärzte bis zu 20 % häufiger genannt. Trotz der o. g. Therapie berichten > 50 % der Patienten über „Geräusche über der Brust” und Husten. Bei der Frage „Was stört an den Medikamenten” beklagten 42 % (52 % nahmen die Ärzte an) der Patienten die Nebenwirkungen und 21 % (46 % nach Arzteinschätzung) die Häufigkeit von Medikamentenanwendungen. Die Patienten bevorzugen Tablette/Kapsel/Dragees ebenso häufig wie das Dosieraeorol (40 %). Ärzte nahmen eine höhere Beliebtheitsrate an (62 %).
Folgerung: Insgesamt überrascht die, trotz durchgeführter Therapie von den Patienten beklagte Persistenz der Asthmasymptomatik, und die unterschiedliche Einschätzung der Ärzte gegenüber den Zu- und Abneigungen der Patienten hinsichtlich der Medikamentenwahl und der Applikationsform. Eine unzureichende Arzt-Patientenkommunikation könnte dafür die Ursache sein.
Objectives: The aim of this enquiry was to compare the doctor’s attitude with the patient’s opinion on asthma treatment, in order to reveal gaps in each other’s relationship, which could be the basis of designing a better information strategy and improve disease management.
Methods: General practitioners (n = 202) and Internists (n = 103) in private practice, as well as asthma patients (n = 244) were asked to take part in telephone interviews regarding their treatment beliefs. To accomplish this, a structured questionnaire was used by an experienced interviewer. 50 % of the patients were treated with steroids.
Results: Over 90 % of the patients were treated with short- and long acting β2-agonists (alone or in combination). Up to 20% more patients reported suffering from cough, bronchitis, hay fever, and sinusitis than the physician’s estimated. Although treated patients reported frequent cough episodes and wheezing. 42 % of all patients (in contrast to 52 % according to their physician had estimated) „side effects” and 21 % (46 % estimated by physicians) named „frequency of application” as their major concern. Patients prefered the oral application form (tablet, capsule) to the same extent as metered dose inhalers (40 % positive answers). Physicians overestimated the preference of the oral application form (62 % positive answers).
Conclusion: Our inquiry revealed high incidence of typical asthma symptoms despite therapeutic interventions, and a disparity of the physician’s assessment of their patient’s aversions and preferences of asthma medication and the mode of application. This investigation may help to improve the patient-physician relationship by contributing to a better understanding of patients’ individual attitudes, and eventually leading to better asthma control.
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