[
    {
        "id": "osp-10653",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Asthma Clinics in Primary Healthcare Centres in Oman: Do they make a difference?",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Al-Mahrezi",
                "given": "Abdulaziz"
            },
            {
                "family": "Baddar",
                "given": "Sawsan"
            },
            {
                "family": "Al-Kindi",
                "given": "Sheikha"
            },
            {
                "family": "Safaa",
                "given": ""
            },
            {
                "family": "Al-Zakwani",
                "given": "Ibrahim"
            },
            {
                "family": "Al-Rawas",
                "given": "Omar"
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/ar/articles/asthma-clinics-in-primary-healthcare-centres-in-oman-do-they-make-a-difference",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2025
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal",
        "volume": "18",
        "issue": "2",
        "page": "e137-142",
        "DOI": "10.18295/squmj.2018.18.02.003",
        "publisher": "Sultan Qaboos University",
        "ISSN": "2075-051X",
        "abstract": "Objectives: This study aimed to determine the effect of newly established asthma clinics (ACs) on asthma management at primary healthcare centres (PHCs) in Oman. Methods: This retrospective crosssectional study was conducted between June 2011 and May 2012 in seven PHCs in the Seeb wilayat of Muscat, Oman. All ≥6-year-old asthmatic patients visiting these PHCs during the study period were included. Electronic medical records were reviewed to determine which clinical assessment and management components had been documented. Results: A total of 452 asthmatic patients were included in the study. The mean age was 35 ± 21 years old (range: 6–95 years) and the majority (57%) were female. In total, 288 (64%) cases were managed at ACs and 164 (36%) were managed at general clinics (GCs). Significant differences were noted in the documentation of cases managed at ACs compared to those at GCs, including history-taking information regarding signs and symptoms (91% versus 19%; P"
    }
]