TY - JOUR TI - The pattern of use of bronchial asthma medications at primary health care level and the factors influencing this from the physicians' perspective, Najran city, Saudi Arabia A1 - Alqahtani, Nasser Saeed A2 - Almardhamah, Norah Hussain A3 - Almaqbul, Wejdan Nasser A4 - Alzahrany, Abdulaziz Ahmad A5 - Alosaimi, Rawan Ariman A6 - Sleem, Hadi Abdullah Al A7 - Alkanfari, Fahad Ahmed A8 - Balharith, Nermean Abdullah A9 - Mubarak, Nouf A10 - Alanazi, Aljouharah Mohammed A11 - Almoqati, Nujoud Hamad JF - International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries JO - IJMDC SN - 1658-7820 VL - 3 IS - 8 SP - 686 EP - 693 Y1 - 2019 AB - Background: Prevalence and burden of bronchial asthma have increased throughout time; it could even lead to fatal complications in many of the affected individuals. Optimum care for asthma requires collaborative work between physicians, health-providing facilities, patients, and their families. Misutilization of anti-asthma medications is one of the obstacles to achieving asthma control. This study examines the pattern of utilizing anti-asthma medications at primary healthcare centers from the physician's perspective and determining the most influencing factors for this disease.Methodology: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in September 2018 in Najran city, enrolling all physicians (n = 134) working in primary health care centers, outpatient clinics, emergency departments of hospitals, and private polyclinic centers. An interview-administered questionnaire was used for the study.Results: More than 92% of asthmatic patients received medication as either a reliever or controller. It is reported that short-acting beta2-agonist agents had the highest (90.30%) use in short-term treatments, while corticosteroid (inhalant) had the highest medication (42.54%) in long-term treatments. Concerning the influence on utilizing anti-asthma medications, it is noted that physician-related factors have a good effect (78.06%) and workplace-related factors have the fair effect (62.23%), while patient-related factors have a bad effect (55.73%). Five demographic factors of primary physicians factors (age, medical specialty, workplace, healthcarefacility, and experience duration) were shown to be important ( PB - https://www.ijmdc.com DO - 10.24911/IJMDC.51-1548375157 UR - https://www.ijmdc.com/?mno=27852 ER -