Measures of asthma severity recorded by patients.
Twenty-nine children with asthma made daily recordings of the severity of their asthma for 8 months. Each child recorded four measures of severity: a medication usage score, a morning peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR), an evening PEFR, and a subjective rating of overall severity. We determined the relationships between the four measures. Except for the morning and evening PEFRs, the relationships between the measures were weak; the PEFR measures were highly related to one another. The relationship between PEFR scores and medication usage scores increased following biofeedback relaxation training.
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Department of Psychology, Ohio University, Athens 45701.
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Baker
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D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D001676:Biofeedback, Psychology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D010366:Peak Expiratory Flow Rate; D012720:Severity of Illness Index