Abstract
The objective of the current study is to evaluate changes in the treatment of asthma at the individual and populational levels over the span of 20 years in the european community respiratory health surveys (ECRHS).
Individuals were selected based on a validated questionnaire, in which physician diagnosed of asthma (PDA) was present in at least one of the studies (1992,2002,2012). In this analysis, the recommended treatment for asthma was classified in three tiers, among those exclusively: 1) Inhaled beta 2 adrenergic bronchodilator as the only treatment; 2) only corticosteroids inhaled, or combined with other treatments except oral corticosteroids, and 3) oral corticosteroids although it is associated with other treatments.
Our conclusion is that more adequate treatment of asthma has occurred in Spain over the course of the last twenty years.
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