Measurement Properties of the Asthma Control Test in Adolescents with Asthma Seminar

Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/23/2017
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Location
UNC-CH Kerr Hall

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Measurement Properties of the Asthma Control Test in Adolescents with Asthma

by

Michelle Hernandez, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Chief, Division of Allergy, Immunology, &
Rheumatology
Associate Director of Clinical Research, UNC Center for
Environmental Medicine, Asthma, & Lung Biology
UNC School of Medicine
and
Ceila E. Loughlin, MD
Associate Professor
UNC Pediatric Pulmonology
Director, NC Childrenʹs Allergy and Asthma Center

October 23, 2017

1:00 pm

 Kerr Hall 2304 – UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy

Patient Reported Outcomes are increasingly important in asthma research.
A common tool used in asthma research and clinical practice is the Asthma Control Test, allowing one to distinguish between controlled versus uncontrolled asthma. This questionnaire was previously validated in
primarily an adult, Caucasian population. Practitioners increasingly found that this questionnaire was not really capturing asthma control outcomes in adolescents. Adolescents are at highest risk of asthma morbidity
and mortality. We designed a prospective, cohort study of adolescents seen in our Raleigh, NC asthma clinic to identify the measurement properties of this commonly used tool.

SPONSORED BY THE SHEPS CENTER CHILD AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH RESEARCH PROGRAM