TY - JOUR T1 - Review: self management education for adults with asthma improves health outcomes JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 117 LP - 117 DO - 10.1136/ebn.1.4.117 VL - 1 IS - 4 A2 - , Y1 - 1998/10/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/1/4/117.abstract N2 - Gibson PG, Coughlan J, Abramson M, et al.The effects of self-management education and regular practitioner review in adults with asthma (Cochrane Review, latest version 26 Feb 1998). In: the Cochrane Library. Oxford: Update Software. Question Is education in self management plus regular review by doctors or nurse practitioners effective in improving health outcomes for adults with asthma? Studies were identified using Medline, Embase/Excerpta Medica, and CINAHL with the terms asthma or wheeze and education or self management. Bibliographies of studies were scanned and 16 respiratory journals and meeting abstracts from 3 specialty societies were handsearched.Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) were selected if the patients were predominantly adults with confirmed asthma, the intervention included education related to asthma and its management, and the outcomes included any of hospital admissions, emergency department visits, unscheduled doctor visits, days lost from work or school, forced expiratory volume at 1 second, peak expiratory flow, use of rescue β … ER -