Suboptimal asthma control: Prevalence, detection and consequences in general practice

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 320-325

  Chapman, K R ^a,d   Boulet, L P ^b   Rea, R M ^c   Franssen, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (Canada)

^d TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Guideline dissemination; Healthcare utilisation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; AMBULATORY CARE; CANADA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITALIZATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OFFICE VISITS; ONTARIO; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40649100801     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00039707     Document Type: Article

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