Validation of the Pregnancy Asthma Control Test.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Suboptimal asthma control during pregnancy may affect perinatal outcomes. US guidelines recommend questionnaires to assess asthma control including the Asthma Control Test (ACT).

Objective

To validate telephone administration of a modified version of ACT during pregnancy.

Methods

MotherToBaby Pregnancy Studies (2011-2013) enrolled 159 pregnant women with asthma. Participants were interviewed by telephone at intake, at approximately gestational weeks 20 and 32, and postpartum. The ACT was modified to address dyspnea specifically due to asthma; the modified version is the Pregnancy Asthma Control Test (p-ACT). Women answered the p-ACT and guideline-based asthma impairment questions and reported asthma course changes and exacerbations. Possible p-ACT scores ra

SUBMITTER: Palmsten K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4789157 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature