Self-management behaviors in World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers with asthma.

Belen RojanoErin WestEmily GoodmanJeffrey J WeissRafael E de la HozMichael CraneLaura CrowleyDenise HarrisonSteven MarkowitzJuan P Wisnivesky

Published in: The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma (2018)

Improving World Trade Center-related asthma outcomes will require multifactorial approaches such as supporting adherence to controller medications and other self-management behaviors. This study identified several modifiable beliefs that may be the target of future efforts to support self-management in this patient population.

Keyphrases

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
lung function
allergic rhinitis
case report
type diabetes
quality improvement
glycemic control
cystic fibrosis
adipose tissue