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Beliefs and adherence regarding inhaled corticosteroids: paying attention to patient-provider communication in community pharmacy practice.

Driesenaar, J.A. Beliefs and adherence regarding inhaled corticosteroids: paying attention to patient-provider communication in community pharmacy practice. Utrecht: Nivel, 2018. 200 p. Proefschrift van Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen. Met een Nederlandse samenvatting.
Given the importance of optimal ICS use in asthma and the lack of insight into the extent to which healthcare providers communicate in a potentially adherenceenhancing, patient-centered way at the community pharmacy, studies were initiated into patients’ and pharmacists’ beliefs and communication about ICS and adherence.
The overall aim of this thesis is to explore patient-provider communication about ICS during counseling sessions at the community pharmacy and to take a closer look at factors that may relate to the patients’ adherence to ICS.