Asthma control in Europe: A real-world evaluation based on an international population-based study

• Published in: Journal of allergy and clinical immunology Vol. 120; no. 6; pp. 1360 - 1367
• Main Authors: Cazzoletti, Lucia, Marcon, Alessandro, Janson, Christer, Corsico, Angelo, Jarvis, Deborah, Pin, Isabelle, Accordini, Simone, Almar, Enrique, Bugiani, Massimiliano, Carolei, Adriana, Cerveri, Isa, Duran-Tauleria, Enric, Gislason, David, Gulsvik, Amund, Jõgi, Rain, Marinoni, Alessandra, Martínez-Moratalla, Jesús, Vermeire, Paul, de Marco, Roberto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Mosby, Inc 01.12.2007; Elsevier; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adult; Age; Allergens; Allergens - adverse effects; Allergies; Allergy and Immunology; Animals; Asthma; Asthma - diagnosis; Asthma - drug therapy; Asthma - epidemiology; Asthma control; Asthma/diagnosis/drug therapy/epidemiology; Biological and medical sciences; Body mass index; Cladosporium; Cladosporium species; Cross-Sectional Studies; cross-sectional study; Disease Management; European Community Respiratory Health Survey; European Union; Family physicians; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Fundamental immunology; Global Initiative for Asthma; Humans; inhaled corticosteroids; Life Sciences; Male; Medical sciences; MEDICIN; MEDICINE; Population; population-based study; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Practice Guidelines as Topic - standards; predictors of uncontrolled asthma; Prevalence; Questionnaires; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Risk Factors; Santé publique et épidémiologie; Sarcoidosis. Granulomatous diseases of unproved etiology. Connective tissue diseases. Elastic tissue diseases. Vasculitis; Severity of Illness Index; Surveys and Questionnaires; total IgE; World; Europe; European Community Respiratory Health Survey; body mass index; predictors of uncontrolled asthma; population-based study; Cladosporium species; ECRHS; Asthma control; total IgE; GINA; Global Initiative for Asthma; ICS; cross-sectional study; inhaled corticosteroids; BMI; Inhaled corticosteroid; IgE; Respiratory system; Fungi; Respiratory tract; Body mass index; Immunology; Cladosporium; Cross sectional study; Bronchus disease; Community health; Obstructive pulmonary disease; Fungi Imperfecti; Species; International; Human; Lung disease; Corticosteroid; Immunopathology; Respiratory disease; Prediction; Asthma; Inhalation; Survey; Surveillance; European community; Predictive factor

Epidemiologic evidence related to asthma control in patients from the general population is scanty. We sought to assess asthma control in several European centers according to the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) guidelines and to investigate its determinants. In the European Community Respirator...