Ramli, Rizawati and Hanafi, Nik Sherina and Hussein, Norita and Lee, Ping Yein and Ghazali, Sazlina Shariff and Cheong, Ai Theng and Abu Bakar, Ahmad Ihsan and Abdullah, Suhazeli and Samad, Azah Abdul and Pinnock, Hilary and Sheikh, Aziz and Khoo, Ee Ming and Collaborators, RESPIRE (2023) Barriers to and facilitators of asthma care for Malaysian hajj pilgrims: A qualitative study. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, 35 (2-3). pp. 179-182. ISSN 1010-5395, DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/10105395231158684.
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Asthma exacerbations are among the commonest reasons for hospitalizations in Malaysian pilgrims during the Hajj. We interviewed 21 stakeholders involved in the pre-Hajj health examination at 14 primary care clinics, to explore their perceptions on barriers to and facilitators of asthma care for Hajj pilgrims. The disadvantages of the short time frame and centralized organization of the pre-Hajj health examinations were viewed as compromising clinicians' level of competencies in asthma care, which could potentially be enhanced through more training, audit, and supervision by specialists. Longer time frame to permit sufficient disease control, provision of care by a dedicated asthma team, asthma registry to support continuous care, more resources of long-acting beta-agonist/inhaled corticosteroid, and provision of influenza and pneumococcal vaccines at no cost were the perceived facilitators. Delivery of asthma education, especially the asthma action plan, should be tailored to the level of the pilgrim's health literacy and facilitated by educational resources, family engagement, and regular health briefing.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | Hajj Fund Board, National Institute for Health Research Global Health Research Unit on Respiratory Health, NurSyuhada Sukri, Seqirus UK, AstraZeneca, National Institute for Health and Care Research [Grant no. IF028-2018], Department of Health and Social Care, Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Asthma; Hajj; Primary care; Asthma care |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Primary Care Medicine Department |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Oct 2025 07:32 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Oct 2025 07:32 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/48373 |
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