Predictive Properties of the Asthma Control Test and Its Component Questions for Severe Asthma Exacerbations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Current US guidelines recommend the Asthma Control Test (ACT) for assessing disease control and selecting treatment.

Objective

The goal of this study was to prospectively assess the ACT and its component questions for their utility in predicting the risk of severe asthma exacerbations.

Methods

Individuals were participants in the Study of Asthma Phenotypes and Pharmacogenomic Interactions by Race-Ethnicity, and those included in the current analysis had the following characteristics: age 18 years or more, physician-diagnosed asthma, and longitudinal care received at a large health system in southeastern Michigan. Study participants underwent a baseline evaluation, which included answering the ACT. A severe asthma exacerbation was defined as one requiring or

SUBMITTER: Cajigal S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5222777 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan - Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature