Asthma Epidemiology
Scientists at University of the West Indies target asthma epidemiology
Published in Women's Health Weekly, March 11th, 2010
New research, 'Evaluation of asthma control using patient based measures and peak expiratory flow rate,' is the subject of a report. According to recent research from Trinidad and Tobago, "Asthma control has not been formally evaluated in the Caribbean. This study evaluated disease control on The Asthma Control Test (ACT), The Royal College of Physicians 'Three questions' for Assessing Asthma Control (RCP), peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) and patients' self-assessment of control."
"Asthma control was examined in a cross-section of 205 asthmatics above 16 years of age using the ACT, RCP and on the PEFR % predicted. Scores below 20 and equal to or above 1 on the ACT and...
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