Asthma management, focused on the use of oral corticosteroids: the opinions of Italian asthmatic patients.
Manuela LatorreAngela RizziPierluigi PaggiaroIlaria BaiardiniDiego BagnascoStefano DelGiaccoCarlo LombardiVincenzo PatellaEleonora NuceraRoberta ParenteGiovanni PaolettiLaura PiniErminia RidoloGianenrico SennaFrancesco BlasiGiorgio Walter CanonicaArianna AruannoCarmen BallacchinoMarco BonaviaCecilia CalabreseMarco CaminatiMonica CarbonaraCristina CardiniCristiano CarusoLuciano CattaniMaria Angiola CrivellaroAlessandra DianaEugenia DuranteElisabetta FaveroMaria Pia Foschino BarbaroSandra FrateiacciGabriella GuarnieriAlessia LofaroFrancesca LosaNadia MagaròFrancesco MenzellaLuisa RicciardiGiulia SciosciaElisa TestinoFrancesca TorraccaPublished in: The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma (2024)
The survey results confirmed many problems related to mild-moderate and severe asthma management in Italy and highlighted the overuse of OCS rather than more effective and safe treatments, which had strong negative effects on HRQoL.