To evaluate whether the Asthma Control Test™ (ACT) score is predictive of Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) guideline-defined classification levels of asthma control. The ACT is a validated, 5 ...

A total of 403 patients (mean age, 44.0 ± 13.7 years; FEV 1, 69.7 ± 19.3% predicted) met the inclusion criteria and were enrolled in this study. All of the patients completed the ACT and ACQ. In ...

A classification of asthma control similar to the GINA guidelines was made using information obtained from the questionnaire. In 2001, 36.6% had achieved asthma control, 23.8% were partly ...