Evaluation of asthma knowledge and quality of life in Hungarian asthmatics

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 624-628

  Mészáros, Ágnes ^a   Orosz, M ^a   Magyar, P ^a   Mesko, A ^a   Vincze, Z ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Asthma; Outcome monitoring; Patient education; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INHALATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MALE; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18844479307     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.2003.00207.x     Document Type: Article

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