There has been a recent increase in the prevalence of asthma worldwide; however, the 5–
10% of patients with severe disease account for a substantial proportion of the health costs …

Although most children with asthma are easy to treat with low doses of safe medications,
many remain symptomatic despite every therapeutic effort. The nomenclature regarding this …

Background Prior studies investigating the effect of socioeconomic status (SES) on asthma
health care outcomes have been heterogeneous in the populations studied and …

Despite effective treatment, asthma outcomes remain suboptimal. Anxiety and depression
occur more commonly in people with asthma than expected, and are associated with poor …

Asthma is a heterogeneous, complex disease with clinical phenotypes that incorporate
persistent symptoms and acute exacerbations. It affects many millions of Europeans …

Despite international and national guidelines, poor asthma control remains an issue.
Asthma exacerbations are costly to both the individual, and the healthcare provider …

While chronically ill patients can significantly benefit from self-management (SM) information
systems, they are also unlikely to perceive, use, and benefit from them in the same way, and …

Background Psychosocial factors play an important role in outcomes of asthma. Perceived
control, a measure of patients' beliefs about their ability to control their disease, has not been …

Breast cancer survivors must manage chronic side effects of original treatment. To manage
these symptoms, communication must include both biomedical and contextual lifestyle …

Background: We investigated prognostic factors (PFs) for 90-day mortality in a large cohort
of advanced/metastatic soft tissue sarcoma (STS) patients treated with first-line …