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Hansen S, Hilberg O, Ulrik CS, Bodtger U, M. Rasmussen L, D. Assing K, Wimmer-Aune A, B. Rasmussen K, Bjerring N, Christiansen A, Schmid J, Krogh NS, Porsbjerg C. The Danish severe asthma register: an electronic platform for severe asthma management and research. Eur Clin Respir J 2020; 8:1842117. [PMID: 33209214 PMCID: PMC7646603 DOI: 10.1080/20018525.2020.1842117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 10/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
The evaluation and management of severe asthma patients require collection of comprehensive information, which is often a challenge in a busy outpatient clinic. The Danish Severe Asthma Register (DSAR) was designed as an electronic patient record form that captures operational clinical data and provides a clinical overview of the severe asthma patient. DSAR is a nationwide register; all patients in Denmark who are treated with biologics for severe asthma are included, and data are as a minimum entered at start of biological treatment, after four and 12 months of treatment, and hereafter annually. Currently, there are data from 621 treatment courses with biologics included in DSAR, with 71% of patients treated with anti-IL-5 drugs and 29% with an anti-IgE drug. Patients enter Patient Reported Outcome Measures electronically on tablets when they arrive in the outpatient clinic and their answers are immediately available to the clinician during the consultation. Nurses and doctors enter clinical data into DSAR during the consultation. DSAR offers immediate access to well-presented longitudinal overview and automatically creates a journal output that can be copy-pasted into the hospital's existing health record form. DSAR is also currently expanding with an app, to be used for monitoring of home-treatment. In addition to serving as an electronic patient record form, DSAR will also provide opportunities to monitor the real-life efficacy of biological treatment for severe asthma in Denmark, and it will be a valuable research platform that will aid in answering important research questions on severe asthma in the future.
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Affiliation(s)
- Susanne Hansen
- Center for Clinical Research and Prevention, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Respiratory Research Unit, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Bispebjerg & Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Vejle Hospital, Vejle, Denmark
| | - Charlotte Suppli Ulrik
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - Uffe Bodtger
- Institute of Regional Health Services Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Naestved Hospital, Naestved, Denmark
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark
| | - Linda M. Rasmussen
- Allergy Clinic, Department of Dermato-Allergology, Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - Karin D. Assing
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark
| | - Niels Bjerring
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
| | - Anders Christiansen
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
| | - Johannes Schmid
- Department of Respiratory Diseases and Allergy, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
| | - Niels Steen Krogh
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - Celeste Porsbjerg
- Respiratory Research Unit, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Bispebjerg & Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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