Cut-off points for defining asthma control in three versions of the asthma control questionnaire

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 865-870

  Sastre, Joaquin ^a   Olaguibel, Jose ^b   Vega, Jose Maria ^c   Del Pozo, Victoria ^a   Picado, Cesar ^d   Lopez Via, Antolin ^e  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN JIMÉNEZ DÍAZ   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asthma; Asthma control; Asthma Control Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ASTHMA CONTROL QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; ASTHMA; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957344886     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2010.491149     Document Type: Article

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