Targeting asthma control in youngsters under the age of 12.
It's about time because despite the high incidence of asthma in youngsters, there has been no validated way for practitioners to assess the level of disease control in this group. Part of the problem is that parents routinely underestimate severity of symptoms, according to research. As a result, young patients often receive inadequate treatment. To resolve the problem, developers have come up with a seven-item screen that can deliver the information busy practitioners need before they even enter the exam room.
D001249:Asthma / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D006801:Humans; D012984:Software; D014481:United States