Abstract
Objectives: Asthma control is often difficult to measure. The aim of this study was to compare physicians' personal clinical assessments of asthma control with the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) scoring. Methods: Physicians in the adult pulmonary clinics of a tertiary hospital in Oman first documented their subjective judgment of asthma control on 157 consecutive patients. Immediately after that and in the same proforma, they selected the individual components from the GINA asthma control table as applicable to each patient. Results: The same classification of asthma control was achieved by physicians' clinical judgment and GINA classification in 106 cases (67.5%). In the other 32.5% (n = 51), the degree of control by clinical judgment was one level higher than the GINA classification. The agreement was higher for the pulmonologists (72%) as compared to non-pulmonologists (47%; P = 0.009). Physicians classified 76 patients (48.4%) as well-controlled by clinical judgment compared to 48 (30.6%) using GINA criteria (P
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 63-68 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - Feb 2013 |
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Keywords
- Asthma control
- Asthma management
- Oman
- Physicians
- Treatment
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)
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Is Clinical Judgment of Asthma Control Adequate? A prospective survey in a tertiary hospital pulmonary clinic. / Baddar, Sawsan; Jayakrishnan, B.; Al-Rawas, Omar; George, Jojy; Al-Zeedy, Khalfan.
In: Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, Vol. 13, No. 1, 02.2013, p. 63-68.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Is Clinical Judgment of Asthma Control Adequate?
T2 - A prospective survey in a tertiary hospital pulmonary clinic
AU - Baddar, Sawsan
AU - Jayakrishnan, B.
AU - Al-Rawas, Omar
AU - George, Jojy
AU - Al-Zeedy, Khalfan
PY - 2013/2
Y1 - 2013/2
N2 - Objectives: Asthma control is often difficult to measure. The aim of this study was to compare physicians' personal clinical assessments of asthma control with the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) scoring. Methods: Physicians in the adult pulmonary clinics of a tertiary hospital in Oman first documented their subjective judgment of asthma control on 157 consecutive patients. Immediately after that and in the same proforma, they selected the individual components from the GINA asthma control table as applicable to each patient. Results: The same classification of asthma control was achieved by physicians' clinical judgment and GINA classification in 106 cases (67.5%). In the other 32.5% (n = 51), the degree of control by clinical judgment was one level higher than the GINA classification. The agreement was higher for the pulmonologists (72%) as compared to non-pulmonologists (47%; P = 0.009). Physicians classified 76 patients (48.4%) as well-controlled by clinical judgment compared to 48 (30.6%) using GINA criteria (P
AB - Objectives: Asthma control is often difficult to measure. The aim of this study was to compare physicians' personal clinical assessments of asthma control with the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) scoring. Methods: Physicians in the adult pulmonary clinics of a tertiary hospital in Oman first documented their subjective judgment of asthma control on 157 consecutive patients. Immediately after that and in the same proforma, they selected the individual components from the GINA asthma control table as applicable to each patient. Results: The same classification of asthma control was achieved by physicians' clinical judgment and GINA classification in 106 cases (67.5%). In the other 32.5% (n = 51), the degree of control by clinical judgment was one level higher than the GINA classification. The agreement was higher for the pulmonologists (72%) as compared to non-pulmonologists (47%; P = 0.009). Physicians classified 76 patients (48.4%) as well-controlled by clinical judgment compared to 48 (30.6%) using GINA criteria (P
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