[The use of the International Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Asthma (GINA) in clinical practice among family physicians].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the degree of knowledge of family physicians related to the International Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment (GINA) of Asthmatic Patients.


METHODS
We invited the family physicians from some clinics of Mexico City. A questionnaire was applied to 50 doctors who accepted to participate in the study; they had a 46 year-old age average and a proportion 1:1 between genders. The analysis was carried out with the test r of Pearson.


RESULTS
The correlation between general knowledge of asthma and knowledge of GINA was r = 0.022; between the general knowledge of asthma and the specialty of family medicine was r = -0.117; and that among the knowledge on International Guides of Asthma and the specialty of family medicine was r = 0.33.


CONCLUSIONS
A scarce knowledge exists on the guides proposed by GINA.
Segura Méndez
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Hospital de Cardiología, área de fisiología cardiopulmonar, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, IMSS.
Villagrán Ramírez
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G
Vázquez Nieto
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L
del Rivero
L
L
Olvera
J
J
Espínola Reyna
G
G
Torres Salazar
A B
AB
Salas Ramírez
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M
D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D002983:Clinical Competence; D005194:Family Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D008875:Middle Aged; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000523:psychology*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014504:Urban Health