Efficacy of using the Japanese version of the Asthma Control Test for determing the level of asthma control in clinical settings

Allergology International

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 609-617

  Hasegawa, Takashi ^a   Koya, Toshiyuki ^a   Sakagami, Takuro ^a   Kagamu, Hiroshi ^a   Kawakami, Hidenori ^a   Hara, Katsuhito ^b   Yoshimine, Fumitoshi ^b   Arakawa, Masaaki ^a   Gejyo, Fumitake ^a   Narita, Ichiei ^a   Suzuki, Eiichi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL AND DENTAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Prefectural Tsugawa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

ACT; Asthma; Control; Cutpoints; Efficacy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA CONTROL TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84871513965     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: 14401592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2332/allergolint.12-OA-0453     Document Type: Article

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