Using routinely collected primary care records to identify and investigate severe asthma: a scoping review

Abstract Shielding during the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the potential of routinely collected primary care records to identify patients with ‘high-risk’ conditions, including severe asthma. We aimed to determine how previous studies have used primary care records to identify and investigat...

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Main Authors: Jonathan Stewart, Frank Kee, Nigel Hart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-01-01
Series:npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-020-00213-9
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spelling doaj-d3e96fee24a641c6b84ad7882559d9682021-01-31T16:17:42ZengNature Publishing Groupnpj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine2055-10102021-01-0131111110.1038/s41533-020-00213-9Using routinely collected primary care records to identify and investigate severe asthma: a scoping reviewJonathan Stewart0Frank Kee1Nigel Hart2Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast, Institute of Clinical Science, Block A, Royal Victoria HospitalCentre for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast, Institute of Clinical Science, Block A, Royal Victoria HospitalCentre for Medical Education, Queen’s University BelfastAbstract Shielding during the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the potential of routinely collected primary care records to identify patients with ‘high-risk’ conditions, including severe asthma. We aimed to determine how previous studies have used primary care records to identify and investigate severe asthma and whether linkage to other data sources is required to fully investigate this ‘high-risk’ disease variant. A scoping review was conducted based on the Arksey and O’Malley framework. Twelve studies met all criteria for inclusion. We identified variation in how studies defined the background asthma cohort, asthma severity, control and clinical outcomes. Certain asthma outcomes could only be investigated through linkage to secondary care records. The ability of primary care records to represent the entire known asthma population is unique. However, a number of challenges need to be overcome if their full potential to accurately identify and investigate severe asthma is to be realised.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-020-00213-9
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description Abstract Shielding during the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the potential of routinely collected primary care records to identify patients with ‘high-risk’ conditions, including severe asthma. We aimed to determine how previous studies have used primary care records to identify and investigate severe asthma and whether linkage to other data sources is required to fully investigate this ‘high-risk’ disease variant. A scoping review was conducted based on the Arksey and O’Malley framework. Twelve studies met all criteria for inclusion. We identified variation in how studies defined the background asthma cohort, asthma severity, control and clinical outcomes. Certain asthma outcomes could only be investigated through linkage to secondary care records. The ability of primary care records to represent the entire known asthma population is unique. However, a number of challenges need to be overcome if their full potential to accurately identify and investigate severe asthma is to be realised.
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