Evaluation of Asthma Control in Children Using Childhood- Asthma Control Test (C-ACT) and Asthma Therapy Assessment Questionnaire (ATAQ).

Autor: Somashekar AR; Department of Pediatrics, MS Ramaiah Medical College and Hospitals, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.  Correspondence to: Dr AR Somashekhar, Department of Pediatrics, Ramaiah Medical College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. s_arshekar2002@yahoo.com., Ramakrishnan KG
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Indian pediatrics [Indian Pediatr] 2017 Sep 15; Vol. 54 (9), pp. 746-748.
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-017-1167-2
Abstrakt: Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of Childhood-asthma control test (C-ACT) and the Asthma therapy assessment questionnaire by (ATAQ) checking its consistency with Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) criteria.
Methods: Asthma control of 97 children was assessed using C-ACT, ATAQ and GINA criteria separately, and their results were compared.
Results: C-ACT had better performance for evaluating control as per GINA criteria with sensitivity of 48.3%, specificity of 68.9%, and area under the receiver operative curve (ROC) of 0.647. The above parameters for ATAQ were: 93.1%, 17.2% and 0.552, respectively. A cut-off score of 20 for C-ACT is more suitable as it has maximum ROC area (0.667), and higher kappa score (0.315); P= 0.001.
Conclusion: C-ACT can be validity used to monitor asthma control. However, the cut-off score 20 is more accurate for the Indian population. The performance of ATAQ in evaluating asthma control is not satisfactory.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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