TY - T1 - Factors related to poor adherence in Latvian asthma patients SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/314192 T3 - A1 - Smits, Dins; Brigis, Girts; Pavare, Jana; Urtane, Inga; Kovalovs, Sandis; Barengo, Noel Christopher A2 - PB - Y1 - 2020 LA - eng AB - Background The problem of nonadherence to therapy is a key reason of insufficient asthma control. Evaluating the beliefs about asthma medication, cognitive and emotional perceptions may help to identify patients with poor adherence to treatment in clinical practice which need additional attention in order to increase the likelihood of them taking their asthma medication according to the prescribed treatment protocol. The purpose of this study is to assess whether beliefs about asthma medication,... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - Medication adherence; Cognition; Outpatients; Asthma; Latvia; COGNITIVE REPRESENTATION; PERCEPTION QUESTIONNAIRE; BELIEFS; NONADHERENCE; ILLNESS; MEDICATIONS; MANAGEMENT; NECESSITY; INSIGHTS; REALITY; 3121 General medicine, internal medicine and other clinical medicine N1 - PP - ER -