Adherence Working Group - REG - Respiratory Effectiveness Group

Work Plan

Adherence is an important field of research to better understand the impact and motivators of poorly utilised medication in the management of a chronic condition that can lead to exacerbations.

The recent focus of the Adherence Working Group has been to better understand the bidirectional relationship between ICS adherence and asthma control. The study was motivated by the understanding that high adherence is not always associated with well-controlled disease and that low adherence does not always result in poorly-controlled asthma – patients may down-titrate their prescribed medication during periods of less severe disease.