Evidence Review Now Available

Effectiveness of Indoor Allergen Reduction in Management of Asthma (Systematic Review, released 2/15/2018)

Selected Key Findings:

Evidence for single interventions designed to reduce indoor allergen exposure on asthma outcomes is lacking.
Multicomponent interventions that bundle more than one strategy may improve some asthma outcomes, but it is unclear if specific combinations are more effective than others.
Multicomponent interventions that include high-efficiency particulate air-filtration (HEPA) vacuums or pest control reduce exacerbations and improve quality of life.
The evidence for both single and multicomponent interventions does not address many other important outcomes, including asthma-related health care utilization, pulmonary physiology, and asthma-related quality of life.
For more, see: https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/topics/asthma-nonpharmacologic-treatment/final-report-indoor-allergen-reduction
For a related journal article, see: http://www.jacionline.org/article/S0091-6749(18)30223-9/abstract

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