Daily diaries vs retrospective questionnaires to assess asthma control and therapeutic responses in asthma clinical trials: Is participant burden worth the effort?

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Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 993-999

  Okupa, Adesua Y ^a   Sorkness, Christine A ^a   Mauger, David T ^b,c   Jackson, Daniel J ^a   Lemanske, Robert F ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUTICASONE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE PLUS SALMETEROL; MONTELUKAST; SALMETEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DAILY DIARY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG USE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VALIDITY;

EID: 84876006439     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-1055     Document Type: Article

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