Background: Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases in the world, and previous
studies have reported low levels of control. Recent developments in the availability and use …

Background Asthma surveys completed within the past 10 years in the Americas and the
Asia-Pacific region have shown significant underassessment of asthma severity in addition …

Asthma management guidelines provide recommendations for the optimum control of
asthma. This survey assessed the current levels of asthma control as reported by patients …

Aim: To compare the degree of asthma control in 2001 and 2005 in a primary care setting in
Sweden. Method: Two similar questionnaire surveys were performed in 2001 and 2005 with …

Background Despite recognition of asthma as a growing global issue and development of
global guidelines, asthma treatment practices vary between countries. Several studies have …

Asthma is a highly prevalent condition across Europe and numerous guidelines have been
developed to optimise management. However, asthma can be neither cured nor prevented …

Although the main goal of asthma management guidelines is to achieve and maintain
clinical control, reported levels of not well-controlled asthma remain high. The aim of this …

BACKGROUND: Epidemiologic evidence related to asthma control in patients from the
general population is scanty. OBJECTIVES: We sought to assess asthma control in several …

Although studies show that control of asthma can be achieved in the majority of patients,
surveys repeatedly show that this is not the case in real life. Important measures to …

Asthmatics in the community suffer morbidity due to poor asthma control. The Global
Initiative for Asthma (GINA) guidelines established minimum goals for the management of …