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. 2017 Sep 15;54(9):746-748.
doi: 10.1007/s13312-017-1167-2.

Evaluation of Asthma Control in Children Using Childhood- Asthma Control Test (C-ACT) and Asthma Therapy Assessment Questionnaire (ATAQ)

A R Somashekar  1 , K G Ramakrishnan
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Evaluation of Asthma Control in Children Using Childhood- Asthma Control Test (C-ACT) and Asthma Therapy Assessment Questionnaire (ATAQ)

A R Somashekar et al. Indian Pediatr. .

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of Childhood-asthma control test (C-ACT) and the Asthma therapy assessment questionnaire by (ATAQ) checking its consistency with Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) criteria.

Methods: Asthma control of 97 children was assessed using C-ACT, ATAQ and GINA criteria separately, and their results were compared.

Results: C-ACT had better performance for evaluating control as per GINA criteria with sensitivity of 48.3%, specificity of 68.9%, and area under the receiver operative curve (ROC) of 0.647. The above parameters for ATAQ were: 93.1%, 17.2% and 0.552, respectively. A cut-off score of 20 for C-ACT is more suitable as it has maximum ROC area (0.667), and higher kappa score (0.315); P= 0.001.

Conclusion: C-ACT can be validity used to monitor asthma control. However, the cut-off score 20 is more accurate for the Indian population. The performance of ATAQ in evaluating asthma control is not satisfactory.

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