Comparability of the Asthma Control Test telephone interview administration format with self-administered mail-out mail-back format

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 717-727

  Kosinski, Mark ^a   Kite, Anita ^a   Yang, Min ^a   Rosenzweig, Jacqueline Carranza ^b   Williams, Angela ^b  

^a QualityMetric Incorporated   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Administration mode study; Asthma control; Reliability; Self administration; Telephone interview administration; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MALE; PAPER; POPULATION; POSTAL MAIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; TELEPHONE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 67649383240     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: 14734877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/03007990802711602     Document Type: Article

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