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| Dalcin,P.T.R.; Menegotto,D.M.; Zanonato,A.; Franciscatto,L.; Soliman,F.; Figueiredo,M.; Pereira,R.P.. |
| The prevalence of uncontrolled and controlled asthma, and the factors associated with uncontrolled asthma were investigated in a cross-sectional study. Patients aged 11 years with confirmed asthma diagnosis were recruited from the outpatient asthma clinic of Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil. Patients were excluded if they had other chronic pulmonary disease. They underwent an evaluation by a general questionnaire, an asthma control questionnaire (based on the 2006 Global Initiative for Asthma guidelines), assessment of inhaled device technique and pulmonary function tests. Asthma was controlled in 48 of 275 patients (17.5%), partly controlled in 74 (26.9%) and uncontrolled in 153 (55.6%). In the univariate analysis, asthma severity was... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Control level; Prevalence; Disease control; Associated factors; Treatment and control. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2009001100016 |
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