TY - JOUR T1 - Concordance between the new questionnaires to evaluate asthma control JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J VL - 38 IS - Suppl 55 SP - p4026 AU - Estefania Luque AU - Patricia Guerrero AU - Ana Gόmez-Bastero AU - Concepciόn Romero AU - Layla Mechbal AU - Teodoro Montemayor Y1 - 2011/09/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/38/Suppl_55/p4026.abstract N2 - Objectives: Regarding asthma, the main objective is to control the disease symptoms. Both Asthma Control Test (ACT) and Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ) are one of the most used tools to evaluate asthma control in medical practice. Two studies have been recently published where new cut-off points for ACT (> 21, 19-20 and <18) and ACQ (<0.5, from 0.6 to 0.99 and> 1) are established. This leaded us to evaluate the concordance between both test in our patients.Methods: We have included 179 asthmatic patients chosen from our medical practice, who performed both questionnaires and were classified in different categories of asthma control, and we analyzed the concordance of the results.Results: The average age of our patients was 45±11 years and the FEV1 measured was 2.65±0.95 litres (82±22%).The classification of our patients, according to the questionnaires is shown in Table 1.View this table:Table 1. Astma control evaluation according to specific questionnairesBy comparing the results of both questionnaires, we find a very good correlation (correlation coefficient 0.75) and a poor concordance (kappa 0.556), although statistically significant (p <0.001).Conclusions: As we cannot find a good concordance between both questionnaires is not possible to exchange them or their cut-off points, so it would be convenient to carry out prospective multicentre studies using both questionnaires and GINA/GEMA criteria. ER -