This review, conducted by The Cochrane Collaboration, evaluates the effectiveness of self-management education and regular practitioner review for adults with asthma. The study included 36 randomized controlled trials that compared self-management education with usual care. The results showed that self-management education significantly reduced hospitalizations, emergency room visits, unscheduled doctor visits, days off work or school, nocturnal asthma, and improved quality of life. Lung function measures were not significantly affected. The review concluded that self-management education, which includes a written action plan, self-monitoring, and regular medical review, improves health outcomes for adults with asthma. The authors recommend offering this intervention to adults with asthma, as it leads to clinically important improvements. However, the review also identified limitations, such as variable intervention details and contamination of control groups, which need to be addressed in future research.This review, conducted by The Cochrane Collaboration, evaluates the effectiveness of self-management education and regular practitioner review for adults with asthma. The study included 36 randomized controlled trials that compared self-management education with usual care. The results showed that self-management education significantly reduced hospitalizations, emergency room visits, unscheduled doctor visits, days off work or school, nocturnal asthma, and improved quality of life. Lung function measures were not significantly affected. The review concluded that self-management education, which includes a written action plan, self-monitoring, and regular medical review, improves health outcomes for adults with asthma. The authors recommend offering this intervention to adults with asthma, as it leads to clinically important improvements. However, the review also identified limitations, such as variable intervention details and contamination of control groups, which need to be addressed in future research.