Comparing the Asthma APGAR system and the Asthma Control Test™ in a multicenter primary care sample

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 917-925

  Rank, Matthew A ^a   Bertram, Susan ^b   Wollan, Peter ^b   Yawn, Roy A ^b   Yawn, Barbara P ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b OLMSTED MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ASTHMA CONTROL TEST; CHILD; CHILDHOOD ASTHMA CONTROL TEST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCNEMAR TEST; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING TEST; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904740601     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: 19425546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2014.02.016     Document Type: Article

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