THE TRENDS OF CHILDHOOD ASTHMA MANAGEMENT— APPROACH FROM QUESTIONNAIRE — BASED SURVEY FOR THE GENERAL PEDIATRICIANS —

Abstract

We made the questionnaire survey for the pediatricians, who belonged to the Osaka Childhood Asthma Treatment Research Group, in November 2002 with 202 respondents, and in November 2004 with 164 respondents. Younger physicians more frequently used the Japanese Pediatric Guideline for the Treatment and Management of Asthma 2002 than older physicians. Hospital physicians used it more frequently than private physicians. The physicians, who followed the guideline, usually used inhaled steroids, asthma diaries and peak flow measurements. For the long-term control of bronchial asthma, the frequency of using leukotriene receptor antagonist and inhaled steroids increased in 2004 compared with 2002.