RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on severe asthma care in Europe: will care change for good?
JF ERJ Open Research
JO erjor
FD European Respiratory Society
SP 00065-2022
DO 10.1183/23120541.00065-2022
VO 8
IS 2
A1 Eger, Katrien
A1 Paroczai, Dora
A1 Bacon, Alison
A1 Schleich, Florence
A1 Sergejeva, Svetlana
A1 Bourdin, Arnaud
A1 Vachier, Isabelle
A1 Zervas, Eleftherios
A1 Katsoulis, Konstantinos
A1 Papapetrou, Dimosthenis
A1 Kostikas, Konstantinos
A1 Csoma, Zsuzsanna
A1 Heffler, Enrico
A1 Canonica, Giorgio Walter
A1 Grisle, Ineta
A1 Bieksiene, Kristina
A1 Palacionyte, Jolita
A1 ten Brinke, Anneke
A1 Hashimoto, Simone
A1 Smeenk, Frank W.J.M.
A1 Braunstahl, Gert-Jan
A1 van der Sar, Simone
A1 Mihălţan, Florin
A1 Nenasheva, Natalia
A1 Peredelskaya, Marina
A1 Zvezdin, Biljana
A1 Čekerevac, Ivan
A1 Hromiš, Sanja
A1 Ćupurdija, Vojislav
A1 Lazic, Zorica
A1 Milenkovic, Branislava
A1 Dimic-Janjic, Sanja
A1 Yasinska, Valentyna
A1 Dahlén, Barbro
A1 Bossios, Apostolos
A1 Lazarinis, Nikolaos
A1 Aronsson, David
A1 Egesten, Arne
A1 Munir, Abul Kashem Mohammad
A1 Ahlbeck, Lars
A1 Janson, Christer
A1 Škrgat, Sabina
A1 Edelbaher, Natalija
A1 Leuppi, Joerg
A1 Jaun, Fabienne
A1 Rüdiger, Jochen
A1 Pavlov, Nikolay
A1 Gianella, Pietro
A1 Fischer, Reta
A1 Charbonnier, Florian
A1 Chaudhuri, Rekha
A1 Smith, Steven James
A1 Doe, Simon
A1 Fawdon, Michelle
A1 Masoli, Matthew
A1 Heaney, Liam
A1 Haitchi, Hans Michael
A1 Kurukulaaratchy, Ramesh
A1 Fulton, Olivia
A1 Frankemölle, Betty
A1 Gibson, Toni
A1 Needham, Karen
A1 Howarth, Peter
A1 Djukanovic, Ratko
A1 Bel, Elisabeth
A1 Hyland, Michael
YR 2022
UL http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/8/2/00065-2022.abstract
AB Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has put pressure on healthcare services, forcing the reorganisation of traditional care pathways. We investigated how physicians taking care of severe asthma patients in Europe reorganised care, and how these changes affected patient satisfaction, asthma control and future care.Methods In this European-wide cross-sectional study, patient surveys were sent to patients with a physician-diagnosis of severe asthma, and physician surveys to severe asthma specialists between November 2020 and May 2021.Results 1101 patients and 268 physicians from 16 European countries contributed to the study. Common physician-reported changes in severe asthma care included use of video/phone consultations (46%), reduced availability of physicians (43%) and change to home-administered biologics (38%). Change to phone/video consultations was reported in 45% of patients, of whom 79% were satisfied or very satisfied with this change. Of 709 patients on biologics, 24% experienced changes in biologic care, of whom 92% were changed to home-administered biologics and of these 62% were satisfied or very satisfied with this change. Only 2% reported worsening asthma symptoms associated with changes in biologic care. Many physicians expect continued implementation of video/phone consultations (41%) and home administration of biologics (52%).Conclusions Change to video/phone consultations and home administration of biologics was common in severe asthma care during the COVID-19 pandemic and was associated with high satisfaction levels in most but not all cases. Many physicians expect these changes to continue in future severe asthma care, though satisfaction levels may change after the pandemic.Changes in severe asthma care caused by the #COVID19 pandemic include the transition to video/phone consultations and home administration of biologics. Patients are satisfied with the changes and show no evidence of poor asthma control. https://bit.ly/3MV6ywy