Am J Manag Care 2007 13:661-7) and by telephone (Schatz M, Zeiger R, Drane A, Harden K, Cibildak A, Oosterman J, Kosinski M. Validity of the Asthma Control Test completed at home. Aside of office setting, ACT has also been validated for use by mail (Schatz M, Mosen DM, Kosinski M, Vollmer WM, Magid DJ, O’Connor E, Zeiger RS. It has a multidimensional construct, however does not include objective measures of airway caliberĬontains one question related to symptoms upon awakening. Asthma Control Test: reliability, validity, and responsiveness in patients not previously followed by asthma specialists. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2004 (113): 59-65 Schatz M, Sorkness CA, Li JT, Marcus P, Murray JJ, Nathan RA, Kosinski M, Pendergraft TB, Jhingran P. Development of the asthma control test: A survey for assessing asthma control. Nathan RA, Sorkness CA, Kosinski M, Schatz M, Li JT, Marcus P, Murray JJ, Pendergraft TB. References (including original publication) Pendergraft, MSPH, GlaxoSmithKline, 5 Moore, Drive, RTP, NC 27709.Īvailability of questionnaire: needs permission from developer, cost or freely availableĪCT is copyrighted, Quality Metric holds the licensing agreement, for more information, click here Translations in other languages (if yes, then list the languages)ģ4 other languages for a current list, see click here The minimally important difference of the Asthma Control Test, J Allergy Clin Immunol 2009 124:719-23). Yes, correlated with specialist’s rating of asthma control determined based on history, physicalģ points between two groups or for changes over time (Schatz M, Kosinski M, Yarlas AS, Hanlon J, Watson ME, Jhingran P. Yes, Cronbach's α= 0.84-0.85 (crossectionally) 0.79 (longitudinally) An ACT score >19 indicates well-controlled asthma. The scores range from 5 (poor control of asthma) to 25 (complete control of asthma), with higher scores reflecting greater asthma control. Scoring available: with permission or free A patient self-administred tool for identifying those with poorly controlled asthma.ĥ items, with 4-week recall (on symptoms and daily functioning)ĪCT assesses the frequency of shortness of breath and general asthma symptoms, use of rescue medications, the effect of asthma on daily functioning, and overall self-assessment of asthma controlĥ-point scale (for symptoms and activities: 1=all the time to 5= not at all for asthma control rating: 1=not controlled at all to 5=completely controlled)
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