title: [Impact of administering the Asthma Control Test questionnaire on rating asthma control in primary health care].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the score indicative of asthma control obtained using the Asthma Control Test (ACT(®)) questionnaire administered by primary health care physicians, habitual users of the questionnaire, and those were not.
  
  
  METHODS
  A multicentre, prospective, epidemiological study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Primary health care centres in Spain.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two study populations were defined: «ACT(®) users» and «non-ACT(®) users», according to the use of the ACT(®) questionnaire by their respective primary health care physicians.
  
  
  METHODS
  The patients completed the ACT(®) questionnaire during a baseline visit, and in another follow-up visit at 8 weeks. The primary outcome was the percentage of patients with an ACT(®) score ≥ 20. The change in the ACT(®) score was analysed if there was a change in treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was a higher percentage of patients with well-controlled asthma in the ACT(®) users group after 8 weeks (68.5% vs. 55.6%; P=.01). A significant increase in the ACT(®) score was observed in the follow-up visit compared to the baseline visit, when there was a change in treatment in both groups (2.5 and 3.8 points, ACT(®) users and non-ACT(®)-users, respectively, P=.001 and P<.0001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The administering of the ACT(®) questionnaire improved the score indicative of asthma control in both populations of the study, with a higher score being obtained in those patients attended by physicians with previous experience in the use of ACT(®). The administering of the ACT(®) questionnaire could contribute to improving the long-term outcome of the patient, and favouring the appropriateness of the treatment.
authors.affiliation: Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria, Centro de Salud Murcia-Centro, Murcia, España. Electronic address: lgarciagiralda@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: García-Giralda
authors.forename: Joaquín
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Quiralte Enríquez
authors.forename: Maria Guadalupe
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Sánchez Herrero
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: López Peral
authors.forename: Joaquín
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aracil
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Asma; Asthma; Asthma control; Atención primaria; Control del asma; Disease management; Manejo de enfermedad; Primary health care
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