Women, patients with severe asthma, and patients attended by primary care physicians, are at higher risk of suffering from poorly controlled asthma

C Badiola, L Badiella, V Plaza, L Prieto… - Primary Care …, 2009 - nature.com
Aim: The aim of this exploratory study was to identify those factors associated with asthma
control assessed according to GINA Guidelines. Method: 809 (56% female) subjects with …

The impact of cigarette smoking on asthma: a population-based international cohort study

I Cerveri, L Cazzoletti, AG Corsico, A Marcon… - International archives of …, 2012 - karger.com
Background: The prevalence rates of smoking in subjects with asthma have frequently been
reported as similar to those in the general population; however, available data are not up-to …

Factors associated with poorly controlled asthma among adults in France

D Vervloet, C Pribil, JP Dumur, P Godard… - Revue Française d' …, 2014 - Elsevier
Objectives To describe the level of asthma control using the Asthma Control Test (ACT) in
real life, and to identify factors associated with poorly controlled asthma (ACT score< 20) …

[HTML][HTML] Factors associated with well‐controlled asthma—A cross‐sectional study

H Lindgren, M Hasselgren, S Montgomery, K Lisspers… - Allergy, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
To the Editor, The present Global Initiative of Asthma (GINA) guidelines define asthma
control as a combination of symptom control and risk‐mini‐mizing future adverse outcomes …

Asthma control in primary care: the results of an observational cross-sectional study in Italy and Spain

MS Magnoni, M Latorre, G Bettoncelli… - World Allergy …, 2017 - Springer
Background Poor asthma control observed in several surveys may be related to a lack of
systematic assessment by physicians and/or to patient underestimation of symptoms. Along …

Asthma control and quality of life in a real-life setting: a cross-sectional study of adult asthma patients in Japan (ACQUIRE-2)

M Adachi, S Hozawa, M Nishikawa, A Yoshida… - Journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: The level of asthma control in adult asthma patients receiving treatment in clinical
practice from allergy and/or respiratory specialists in Japan remains unclear. We conducted …

InternationaL cross-sectIonAl and longItudinal assessment on aSthma cONtrol in European adult patients - the LIAISON study protocol

F Braido, G Brusselle, E Ingrassia, G Nicolini… - BMC Pulmonary …, 2013 - Springer
Background According to international guidelines, the goal of asthma management is to
achieve and maintain control of the disease, which can be assessed using composite …

Predictors of asthma control in everyday clinical practice in Switzerland

AB Taegtmeyer, C Steurer-Stey, DB Price… - … medical research and …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: To identify predictors of improved asthma control under conditions of everyday
practice in Switzerland. Research design and methods: A subgroup of 1380 patients with …

Follow-up of patients with uncontrolled asthma: clinical features of asthma patients according to the level of control achieved (the COAS study)

R Munoz-Cano, A Torrego, J Bartra… - European …, 2017 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Our aim was to study the asthma control achieved in patients with uncontrolled asthma who
had received appropriate treatment according to the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) 2010 …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of a pharmacist intervention on asthma control. A cluster randomised trial

V García-Cárdenas, D Sabater-Hernández, P Kenny… - Respiratory …, 2013 - Elsevier
Introduction Achievement and maintenance of good asthma control is a major objective in
asthma management. However, asthma control in many patients is suboptimal, due to …