Trends in asthma self-management skills and inhaled corticosteroid use during pregnancy and postpartum from 2004 to 2017.
Annelies L RobijnMegan E JensenPeter G GibsonHeather PowellWarwick B GilesVicki L CliftonJoerg MattesMichael J PeekHelen L BarrettSean K SeehoLeonie K CallawayAlistair AbbottJohn AttiaPeter A B WarkVanessa E MurphyPublished in: The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma (2018)
There was a high prevalence of non-adherence and poor self-management skills in all cohorts. More awareness of the importance of optimal asthma management during pregnancy is warranted, since no improvements were observed over the past decade.