Table 5 Responses for case vignette two (n = 174)
From: Management of asthma in pregnant women by general practitioners: A cross sectional survey
Case vignette two One of your regular patients is 18 weeks pregnant and she asks you for a new prescription for salbutamol inhaler, as she is a health care card holder and can get them cheaper on script. However, you notice that she got a script for salbutamol inhaler only last month. Upon asking, you find out that she has stopped her budesonide/eformoterol inhaler because she fears it will harm her unborn child. Instead she has been using her salbutamol inhaler more frequently to compensate. She has no other medical conditions nor is she taking any other medications. | |
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   (i) Part one (nonadherent asthmatic pregnant patient): What is your intended action?* | |
*Participants could only tick one response for part one | |
Responses for (i) | n (%) |
Give script for salbutamol and reinforce the need to continue her preventive medication | 143 (82.2%) |
Give script for salbutamol but change her onto a different preventive medication | 21 (12.4%) |
Give script for salbutamol and refer | 6 (3.5%) |
Give script for salbutamol with no further questions | 2 (1.2%) |
Do not give the salbutamol script and refer patient | 0 (0.0%) |