title: Assessment of asthma control using the asthma control test at a tertiary care centre in Karachi, Pakistan.
abstract: The aim of our study was to assess asthma control among asthmatics at a tertiary care setting in Karachi using ACT questionnaire. The ACT questionnaire was filled by known asthmatics in January 2007. A total of 150 questionnaires were filled of which, 61 (40%) were males and 89 (60%) females. Mean ACT score was 17.71 +/- 4.41. Association between sex and asthma control was not statistically significant. Significant association was seen with asthma control and Ipratropium bromide inhaler. Asthma control among patients at a tertiary care centre is moderate. ACT can be used to follow patients in the hospital.
authors.affiliation: Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi.
authors.forename: Sana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shoukat
authors.forename: Saqib Ali
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Gowani
authors.forename: Ameer Ali
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Khowaja
authors.forename: Javaid Ahmad
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Khan
mesh_terms: D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D009241:Ipratropium / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D010154:Pakistan
chemical_list: D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents; D009241:Ipratropium