Table 4.
Types of Personalised Asthma Action Plans issued, reviewed and owned by study group
| Study group | Type of Personalised Asthma Action Plans | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned by patient(s) | Issued or reviewed by professionals | |
| 1 | Peak flow based ‘wee handbook’ - type unknown. Patient could not recall and did not recognise it from the interviewer selection. | NHS symptom management plans |
| Asthma UK plans | ||
| 2 | Local NHS long term management plan | Hand written on ‘bits of paper’ |
| NHS short and long term management plans | ||
| Asthma UK plan | Asthma UK plans | |
| 3 | Postcard sized peak flow plan – source unknown as no publisher details shown on plan | Asthma UK plans |
| NHS symptom and long term management plans | ||
| Handwritten plans | ||
| 4 | Desmond Dragon children’s plan | Hand written on note paper |
| NHS short term management plans | ||
| Asthma UK plans | ||
| 5 | Asthma UK plan | Asthma UK plans |
| Other | Not applicable | Handwritten on ‘bits of paper’ or on patient prescriptions |
| Asthma UK plans | ||
| Drug company asthma plans | ||
| NHS local asthma plans (long term management) | ||
| Across study groups 1–6 | ||
| Written plans owned by patients: | Written plans issued by professionals*: | |
| Type unknown = 1 | Handwritten (6 participants from 4 study groups) on paper (n = 4) or prescriptions (n = 2) | |
| Peak flow based postcard type = 1 | Asthma UK plans - 9 participants across all groups | |
| NHS long-term management = 1 | NHS asthma plans short, long-term or symptom management - 6 participants from 5 groups | |
| Asthma UK plan = 2 | Drug company plan - 1 participant from 1 group | |
| Desmond Dragon = 1 | *some professionals gave multiple answers | |