Open AccessEvaluation of Asthma Control by Physicians and Patients: Comparison with Current Guidelines
Author(s) -
LouisPhilippe Boulet,
Robert Phillips,
Paul M. O’Byrne,
Allan B. Becker
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
canadian respiratory journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.675
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1916-7245
pISSN - 1198-2241
DOI - 10.1155/2002/731804
Subject(s) - medicine , asthma , demographics , family medicine , physical therapy , demography , sociology
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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