Real-World Assessment of Asthma Control and Severity in Children, Adolescents, and Adults with Asthma: Relationships to Care Settings and Comorbidities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about how patient-level factors and care settings relate to asthma outcomes in real-world settings.

Objective

We therefore examined the rates and relative contributions of comorbidities and care settings in terms of asthma severity and control among pediatric and adolescent/adult patients in a large national sample.

Methods

We examined deidentified patient data from 28,508 unique encounters documented in the Asthma Specialist Tool to Help Manage Asthma and Improve Quality database, obtaining patient-level factors (demographics, asthma characteristics, comorbidities), care setting (primary care physician [PCP] vs specialist physician [allergist or pulmonologist]), and guideline-defined levels of asthma control/severity. Rates of comorbidities

SUBMITTER: Nyenhuis SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7064399 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature