TY - JOUR
T1 - The Relationship Between Real-World Inhaled Corticosteroid Adherence and Asthma Outcomes
T2 - A Multilevel Approach
AU - Respiratory Effectiveness Group's Adherence Working Group
AU - Vervloet, Marcia
AU - van Dijk, Liset
AU - Spreeuwenberg, Peter
AU - Price, David
AU - Chisholm, Alison
AU - Van Ganse, Eric
AU - Pinnock, Hilary
AU - Rand, Cynthia S
AU - Eakin, Michelle N
AU - Schermer, Tjard
AU - Souverein, Patrick C
AU - Dima, Alexandra L
N1 - Copyright © 2019 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/2
Y1 - 2020/2
N2 - BACKGROUND: Low inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) adherence is associated with increased asthma burden. This relationship is likely bidirectional, and may vary across adherence stages (initiation, implementation, and persistence). Studies rarely examine reciprocal influences.OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between ICS implementation and asthma-related outcomes over 2 years, considering bidirectionality and temporal sequence.METHODS: Primary care records (1987-2012) from the Optimum Patient Care Research Database, United Kingdom, were used. Eligible patients were 6 years or older and had 3 or more years of continuous registration starting 1 year before ICS initiation (index date), physician-diagnosed asthma, 2 or more ICS and/or short-acting β-agonist prescriptions each follow-up year, and no long-acting β-agonists, leukotriene receptor antagonists, or maintenance oral corticosteroids in the preceding year. ICS implementation (percentage of days covered) and risk domain asthma control (RDAC; no asthma-related hospitalizations, emergency visits, or outpatient visits and no oral corticosteroid or antibiotic prescriptions with evidence of respiratory review) were estimated for each prescription interval (period between 2 successive prescriptions). Multilevel analyses modeled bidirectional relationships between ICS implementation and RDAC (and its components), controlling for sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.RESULTS: In prescription data from 10,472 patients, ICS implementation in the preceding interval did not predict RDAC, but was weakly positively associated with simultaneous RDAC. Being male, non-current smoker, without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease diagnosis, and with fewer than 4 comorbidities significantly increased odds of RDAC. Asthma-related antibiotics and outpatient visits in the same interval and short-acting β-agonist overuse in the preceding and same interval predicted lower ICS implementation.CONCLUSIONS: Patients may adapt their ICS use to their current needs without this impacting later RDAC.
AB - BACKGROUND: Low inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) adherence is associated with increased asthma burden. This relationship is likely bidirectional, and may vary across adherence stages (initiation, implementation, and persistence). Studies rarely examine reciprocal influences.OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between ICS implementation and asthma-related outcomes over 2 years, considering bidirectionality and temporal sequence.METHODS: Primary care records (1987-2012) from the Optimum Patient Care Research Database, United Kingdom, were used. Eligible patients were 6 years or older and had 3 or more years of continuous registration starting 1 year before ICS initiation (index date), physician-diagnosed asthma, 2 or more ICS and/or short-acting β-agonist prescriptions each follow-up year, and no long-acting β-agonists, leukotriene receptor antagonists, or maintenance oral corticosteroids in the preceding year. ICS implementation (percentage of days covered) and risk domain asthma control (RDAC; no asthma-related hospitalizations, emergency visits, or outpatient visits and no oral corticosteroid or antibiotic prescriptions with evidence of respiratory review) were estimated for each prescription interval (period between 2 successive prescriptions). Multilevel analyses modeled bidirectional relationships between ICS implementation and RDAC (and its components), controlling for sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.RESULTS: In prescription data from 10,472 patients, ICS implementation in the preceding interval did not predict RDAC, but was weakly positively associated with simultaneous RDAC. Being male, non-current smoker, without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease diagnosis, and with fewer than 4 comorbidities significantly increased odds of RDAC. Asthma-related antibiotics and outpatient visits in the same interval and short-acting β-agonist overuse in the preceding and same interval predicted lower ICS implementation.CONCLUSIONS: Patients may adapt their ICS use to their current needs without this impacting later RDAC.
KW - Risk domain asthma control
KW - Inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs)
KW - Adherence
KW - Longitudinal study
KW - Multilevel modeling
KW - OPCRD
U2 - 10.1016/j.jaip.2019.09.003
DO - 10.1016/j.jaip.2019.09.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 31541763
SN - 2213-2198
VL - 8
SP - 626
EP - 634
JO - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice
JF - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice
IS - 2
ER -