Effect of spirometry and medical review on asthma control in patients in general practice: A randomized controlled trial

Respirology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 803-810

  Oie, Siao Ming ^a   Thien, Francis C K ^b   Schattner, Rosa L ^a   Sulaiman, Nabil D ^c,e   Birch, Kate ^a   Simpson, Pam ^a   Del Colle, Eleonora A ^d   Aroni, Rosalie A ^a   Wolfe, Rory ^a   Abramson, Michael J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BOX HILL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Pulmetrics Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Asthma control; General practice; Lung function testing; Outcome assessment (health care); Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPIROMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959873970     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2011.01969.x     Document Type: Article

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