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OBJECTIVES:To assess the quality of asthma care within the paediatric population who attended health centres in Kingston & St. Andrew (KSA) and compare this quality to Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) guidelines. METHODS AND MATERIALS:Data were collected from 257 dockets of children aged 2-17 years old with asthma attending seven health centres in KSA. RESULTS:Children aged 6-10 years accounted for 36.6% of the sample and males accounted for the majority (54.1%). There was generally poor documentation of performance indicators for asthma including written asthma action plans (1%), peak expiratory flow measurements (0%), inhaler demonstration (2.1%), and asthma control assessment (8.4%). The best documentation was for controller (60.9%) and reliever medication (63.4%) prescriptions/review. CONCLUSION:The study indicates that the documentation of paediatric asthma management in health centres in Jamaica is not congruous with international clinical practice guidelines and change is required.
journal_name
J Health Care Poor Underservedjournal_title
Journal of health care for the poor and underservedauthors
Ricketts-Roomes TF,Waldron NK,James Kdoi
10.1353/hpu.2019.0028subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2019-01-01 00:00:00pages
392-403issue
1eissn
1049-2089issn
1548-6869pii
S1548686919100289journal_volume
30pub_type
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