Each item was scored according to a 5-point scale, and the item scores were totaled for assessing asthma control, with higher total scores indicating better asthma control. The ACQ, which is a ...

Of four treatment response measures recorded at 6 months of mepolizumab treatment, an Asthma Control Questionnaire score was ...

The basic simplistic approach of asking “how are you” and being told “fine” is a good way to finish a clinic early but a bad way of assessing asthma control. An in depth interview on life style and ...

The sufficiently validated Asthma Control Test/Child Asthma Control Test was used to assess asthma outcomes and identify barriers to asthma control. Barriers to asthma control reported in this study ...

Aims: To assess the significance of individual risk factors in the development of occupational asthma of aluminium smelting (OAAS). Methods: A matched case-control study nested in a cohort of 545 ...

Researchers conducted a retrospective study to create a new method for assessing asthma severity using asthma health-care burden data ... In both cohorts, the burden score negatively correlated with ...

Conclusions We identified risk factors for poor symptom control and asthma attacks in children. Routine assessment of these factors should form part of the asthma review to identify children at an ...

recognising its potential value both in the diagnostic algorithm and in assessing asthma control. We created a paper-light system reducing the amount of paper passed between patients and healthcare ...

Allergy specialist care lowers asthma emergency risks in children on Medicaid, highlighting its value in management.

In this Personal View, we discuss the outcome measures available for assessment of small airway function and how they relate to asthma control; we then consider the available treatment options to ...