Evaluation of Asthma Control by Physicians and Patients: Comparison with Current Guidelines

BACKGROUND:Current asthma consensus guidelines recommend a series of criteria for determining whether asthma is controlled. It is not known whether physicians are using these criteria to assess treatment needs and how effective such assessments are compared with patient assessment of asthma control.

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Main Authors: Louis-Philippe Boulet, Robert Phillips, Paul O’Byrne, Allan Becker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2002-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2002/731804
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spelling doaj-art-ddc4a965750c4e52856b0c06ac92a8392025-08-20T02:21:33ZengWileyCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22412002-01-019641742310.1155/2002/731804Evaluation of Asthma Control by Physicians and Patients: Comparison with Current GuidelinesLouis-Philippe Boulet0Robert Phillips1Paul O’Byrne2Allan Becker3Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de l’Université Laval, Hópital Laval, Sainte-Foy, Québec, CanadaSymbios RP Inc, Montréal, Québec, CanadaAsthma Research Group, St Joseph’s Hospital, and Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaSection of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, , Department of Pediatrics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaBACKGROUND:Current asthma consensus guidelines recommend a series of criteria for determining whether asthma is controlled. It is not known whether physicians are using these criteria to assess treatment needs and how effective such assessments are compared with patient assessment of asthma control.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2002/731804
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