SABA Reliance Questionnaire (SRQ): Identifying Patient Beliefs Underpinning Reliever Overreliance in Asthma

BACKGROUND: Patient overreliance on short-acting beta2 agonists (SABA), with concomitant underuse of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS), is associated with poor asthma control and increased risk of asthma attacks. OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate a brief questionnaire to elicit patients' perceptions of SABA (eg, belief that asthma is best managed by SABA alone) that could lead them to be overly reliant on SABA. METHODS: The 5-item SABA Reliance Questionnaire (SRQ) was adapted from the well-validated Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire assessing patient perceptions of the importance of, and nece... Mehr ...