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Who should Perform the Asthma Control Test: Patient? Physician?

Astım Kontrol Testi’ni Kim Yapmalı: Hasta? Hekim?

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64–68
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2022-10-19
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It was found that ACT results filled by doctors were in higher concordancewith clinical and functional parameters.Conclusion: Our study demonstrated that ACT being filled by the doctor in societies withlower levels of educational status would yield results that were in higher concordance withasthma control.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Objective: In the management of asthma disease, the aim is to keep the disease under controlwith treatment.
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Key Findings & Data:The present study aims to evaluate how the filling of ACT by the physician willaffect the outcome and the concordance of results with clinical and functional parameters.Methods: Patients who applied to the Outpatient Clinic of Chest Diseases in our Hospitalbetween dates of June–August 2016 and who had at least one year of asthma diagnosiswere included in this study.
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Conclusion & Impact:It was found that ACT results filled by doctors were in higher concordancewith clinical and functional parameters.Conclusion: Our study demonstrated that ACT being filled by the doctor in societies withlower levels of educational status would yield results that were in higher concordance withasthma control.
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Abstract

Objective: In the management of asthma disease, the aim is to keep the disease under controlwith treatment. Asthma control test (ACT) is the most widely used and important testthat is easily figured out by the patients. This test is filled by the patient during the clinicalpractice. The present study aims to evaluate how the filling of ACT by the physician willaffect the outcome and the concordance of results with clinical and functional parameters.Methods: Patients who applied to the Outpatient Clinic of Chest Diseases in our Hospitalbetween dates of June–August 2016 and who had at least one year of asthma diagnosiswere included in this study. The patients filled their own answers to the ACT before theoutpatient clinic examination. The same test was given to the patients by the doctor duringphysical examination.Results: A total of 105 asthma patients were included in this study whose mean age was38.8±13.6 (14–76) years, 58 (55%) of them were female and 47 (44.8%) of them were male.Mean ACT score of the cases was 14.5±5.8, while it was 13.9±4.4 in the tests filled by thedoctor. 33.3% of the cases were college graduates, 23.8% of them were high school graduates,38.1% of them were primary school graduates, and 4.8% of them were middle schoolgraduates. A statistically significant difference was detected (p=0.02) between the resultsof asthma control tests filled by the doctor and that of those filled by the patients. It wasdetected that the status of education of the patient was the factor with the highest impacton the situation. It was found that ACT results filled by doctors were in higher concordancewith clinical and functional parameters.Conclusion: Our study demonstrated that ACT being filled by the doctor in societies withlower levels of educational status would yield results that were in higher concordance withasthma control.

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Amaç: Astım hastalığının tedavisinde, hastalığın tedavi ile kontrol altında tutulması hedeflenmektedir. Astım kontrol testi (AKT) günümüzde en çok kullanılan, hastalar ve aileleri tarafından da kolayca anlaşılan ve astımın iyi veya kötü seyirde olduğunu gösteren önemli bir testtir. Bu test klinik pratikte hasta tarafından doldurulmaktadır. Çalışmanın amacı AKT’nin hekim tarafından doldurulmasının sonucu nasıl etkileyeceğinin ve sonuçların klinik ve fonksiyonel parametreler ile uyumunun değerlendirilmesidir. Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışmaya hastanemiz göğüs hastalıkları polikliniğine Haziran–Ağustos 2016 tarihleri arasında başvuran ve en az bir yıldır astım tanısı olan hastalar dahil edildi. Hastaların demografik özellikleri, fizik muayene bulguları, solunum fonksiyon testi değerleri, almakta oldukları astım tedavisi, eğitim durumları, aylık gelirleri ve çalışma durumları kayıt edildi. Hastalar poliklinik muayenesi öncesi kendileri AKT cevapladılar. Aynı test muayene sırasında hastaya doktor tarafından tekrar soruldu. İki testin sonuçlarının birbirleri ile uyumu, bunu etkileyen faktörler ve AKT sonuçlarının klinik ve fonksiyonel parametreler ile olan ilişkisi SPSS 17.0 ile istatistiksel olarak değerlendirildi. Bulgular: Çalışmaya yaş ortalamaları 38.8±13.6 (14–76) yıl olan, 58 (%55) kadın 47 (%44.8) erkek toplam 105 astım hastası alındı. Olguların AKT ortalama puanı 14.5±5.8, hekim tarafından yapılan testte ise 13.9±4.4 idi. Olguların 33.3’ü üniversite, %23.8’i lise, %38.1’i ilkokul, %4.8’i ise ortaokul mezunu idi. Astım kontrol testinin hekim tarafından doldurulması ile hasta tarafından doldurulması arasında sonuçlarda istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir fark olduğu görüldü (p=0.02). Hastanın eğitim durumunun bunu etkileyen en önemli faktör olduğu saptandı. Hekim tarafından yapılan AKT’nin sonuçlarının klinik ve fonksiyonel parametreler ile daha uyumlu olduğu saptandı. Sonuç: Çalışmamız bize eğitim düzeyi düşük olan toplumlarda AKT’nin hekim tarafından yapılmasının astım kontrolü ile daha uyumlu sonuçlar verebileceğini gösterdi. Bu amaçla astım çalışma gruplarının çok merkezli ve daha geniş hasta sayısı ile çalışmalar yapmasının yol gösterici olacağını düşünüyoruz.

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CÖMERT, S. Ş., PARMAKSIZ, E. T., SAĞMEN, S. B., SALEPCİ, B. M., FİDAN, A., KIRAL, N., DOĞAN, C. (2022). Who should Perform the Asthma Control Test: Patient? Physician?. Southern Clinics of Istanbul Eurasia, Cilt: 31 - Sayı: 1, 64–68. https://ajindex.com/articles/592767

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