Table 1 PICOT framework for initial implementation [10]

Population

Stakeholders in asthma management in the primary care setting including:

Pharmacists, pharmacy assistants, asthma educators, general practitioners, practice nurses and people with asthma.

Intervention

Collaborative, multifaceted and multidisciplinary implementation of AAP card and national endorsement and implementation of the SABA guidelines including a comprehensive educational outreach programme.

Comparison

Usual practice.

Outcomes

Increased ownership and use of written asthma action plans by patients and SABA guideline based practice by pharmacists.

Timing

Intervention carried out over a 4-month period between November 2010 and February 2011