What lies beyond Asthma Control Test: suggestions for clinical practice.

CONCLUSIONS: As ACT mainly relies on patient's reported outcomes, it may not completely reflect the airways inflammation and airways obstruction. The presence and severity of rhinitis may affect ACT outcome. The awareness of the variables that could influence ACT evaluation is much more important in the primary care setting where ACT may often represent the only tool for asthma assessment. PMID: 27104305 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Asthma - Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: J Asthma Source Type: research