Tracing uncontrolled asthma in family practice using a mailed asthma control questionnaire

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Van Nieuwenhof, Lotte Den ^a   Schermer, Tjard ^a   Heins, Marianne ^a   Grootens, Joke ^a   Eysink, Petra ^b   Bottema, Ben ^b   Van Weel, Chris ^a   Bindels, Patrick ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ACQ; Asthma; Disease management; Family practice; Mail; Practice based research; Primary care; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 39049107938     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.776     Document Type: Article

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