Physician perspectives on the burden and management of asthma in six countries: The Global Asthma Physician Survey (GAPS)

Table 2 Percentage of physicians reporting each barrier to patient adherence as a major problem

% of physicians reporting barrier as a major problem	Total N=1809	Canada N=307	France N=301	Germany N=300	Australia N=300	China N=300	Japan N=301
Patients only take treatment when needed	61	72	66	31	71	57	68
Patients believe asthma symptoms are normal	58	41	57	30	42	61	78
Patients don’t perceive the benefit of the treatment	56	40	55	41	43	45	81
Poor inhaler technique	53	52	61	43	52	27	81
Low patient education level or poor understanding of disease	52	52	60	54	54	31	70
Low level of patient engagement in disease	52	41	63	39	47	31	80
Forgetfulness	45	39	54	24	43	20	78
Troublesome side effects	45	7	18	15	12	63	72
Corticosteroids are perceived as harmful	43	30	20	40	31	47	61
The cost of medications	37	56	6	16	26	42	55
Inconvenience of dosing schedule	33	19	31	15	22	20	62

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