The asthma control test (ACT) as an alternative tool to global initiative for asthma (GINA) guideline criteria for assessing asthma control in vietnamese outpatients

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-89

  Nguyen, Vinh Nhu ^a   Chavannes, Niels ^b   Le, Lan Thi Tuyet ^a   Price, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY AT HO CHI MINH CITY   (Viet Nam)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACT; Asthma control; Asthma control test; GINA guideline; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LONG ACTING DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ASTHMA CONTROL TEST; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR ASTHMA GUIDELINE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VALIDITY; VIETNAMESE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPIROMETRY; VIETNAM;

EID: 84857987827     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2011.00093     Document Type: Article

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