The condition i.e. asthma | |
My asthma is mild. | |
My asthma will never go away. | |
1 | I’ve doubted at times that I really have asthma. |
1 | My asthma comes and goes. |
The treatment | |
I’m not sure about my inhalation technique. | |
My asthma inhalator is user friendly. | |
I don’t know how my asthma medicine works. | |
My asthma inhalator is difficult to use. | |
I have different inhalators with asthma medicine and I don’t really know when I should use one or the other. | |
The health care | |
I want to participate in deciding on my asthma medication. | |
I get enough information about my asthma medicine from my nurse/doctor. | |
I wish I got more information about my asthma medicine. | |
The individual – beliefs about asthma medication | |
I avoid unnecessary asthma attacks by taking my medicine. | |
1, 2 | I’m worried about how my asthma medicine will affect my body in the long run. |
My asthma medicine prevents me from feeling worse on account of my asthma. | |
My asthma medicine is a source of security. | |
1, 2 | I worry about the side-effects of asthma medicine. |
1 | Thanks to my asthma medicine I hardly know I have asthma. |
My asthma could get worse in the future if I don’t take my asthma medicine now. | |
1 | I’m tired of taking my asthma medicine. |
I’m sceptical about my asthma medicine. | |
1 | I don’t like taking medicine unless I feel I need it. |
My asthma medicine makes me feel safe and secure. | |
I think the advantages of taking asthma medicine outweigh the disadvantages of not taking it. | |
My asthma medicine makes me feel good and lets me manage my life well. | |
The individual – personal characteristics | |
1 | I don’t feel I’m participating as far as my asthma medicine is concerned. |
I prefer cooperating. | |
I don't like discipline and routines. | |
I’m a rather insecure person. | |
I’m usually suspicious of other people’s intentions. | |
To remember to take asthma medicine you have to have routines and I’m not really that kind of person. I’m a bit more unstructured. | |
I often feel worried. | |
I’m a meticulous person and have routines for my asthma medicine. | |
The individual – adherence behavior | |
1, 2 | It’s easy to forget asthma medicine. |
1, 2 | I don’t follow the doctor’s prescription exactly but instead I can feel what I need to take. 2I don’t follow the doctor’s prescription of asthma medicine exactly but instead I can feel how much I need to take. |
I really have to struggle to not forget to take my asthma medicine. | |
Routines are important for helping me remember to take my asthma medicine. | |
1, 2 | I don’t have any real habits for my asthma medicine but instead I take them when I remember to. |
I can’t manage if I don’t take more asthma medicine than is prescribed. | |
1, 2 | I don’t use my asthma medicine exactly like my doctor has said. |
1, 2 | Sometimes I test going without my asthma medicine to see what it’s like. |
1, 2 | I don’t really follow the instructions for my asthma medicine but instead I can feel what my body needs. If I feel I need more, I take more. If I feel I need less, I take less. |
1 | I feel I need to take more reliever medicine than is prescribed. |
1, 2 | I can tell myself how I feel and how much of my asthma medicine I need to take. |
1, 2 | I’m like a periodical drinker as far as my asthma medicine is concerned. |
Even though it would be good if I had a routine for my asthma medicine it’s probably nothing I’m going to do anything about. |