Utility of Asthma Control Questionnaire 7 in the assessment of asthma control.
Our objective was to evaluate the reproducibility of Asthma Control Questionnaire 7 (ACQ-7) in asthma patients, comparing our results against those obtained with the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) criteria. We evaluated 52 patients. Patients completed the ACQ-7, underwent spirometry, and were clinically assessed to determine the level of asthma control according to the GINA criteria, in two visits, 15 days apart. The ACQ-7 cutoff for uncontrolled asthma was a score of 1.5. The ACQ-7 showed good reproducibility, with a correlation coefficient of 0.73. The ACQ-7 identified a greater number of patients with uncontrolled asthma than did the GINA criteria; according to the GINA criteria, 47 patients (90.4%) presented with partially controlled asthma.
Hospital de Clínicas, School of Medicine, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
Mariana Nadal
MN
Cardoso
Hospital de Clínicas, School of Medicine, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
Herberto José
HJ
Chong Neto
Hospital de Clínicas, School of Medicine, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
Lêda Maria
LM
Rabelo
Hospital de Clínicas, School of Medicine, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
Carlos Antônio
CA
Riedi
Hospital de Clínicas, School of Medicine, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
Nelson Augusto
NA
Rosário
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001249:Asthma / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013147:Spirometry; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult