RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Asthma control and quality of life: 6-month follow-up of PRISMA study (PRospectIve Study on asthMA control) JF European Respiratory Journal JO Eur Respir J FD European Respiratory Society SP p699 VO 38 IS Suppl 55 A1 Luigi Allegra A1 Giovanni Cremonesi A1 Giuseppe Girbino A1 Eleonora Ingrassia A1 Serafino Marsico A1 Gabriele Nicolini A1 Claudio Terzano YR 2011 UL http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/38/Suppl_55/p699.abstract AB Rationale: According to GINA guidelines, asthma control is the goal of the treatment.Objectives: To estimate the percentage of controlled asthmatic patients and their quality of life.Methods: Adult asthmatics with not-well controlled asthma (Asthma Control Test scoreā‰¤19) were involved in a prospective observational study. Asthma control and quality of life were assessed with ACT and EuroQoL-5D, respectively.Results: 735 patients were evaluated. Figure 1 shows the distribution of asthma control at enrolment visit and after 6 months. As compared to the first visit, 70.1% of uncontrolled and 80.0% of partly controlled reached asthma control.The mean (SD) of EuroQoL score was 0.72 (0.2) at first visit and 0.84 (0.2) at 6-month follow-up visit. The mean (SD) of VAS was 65.0 (16.1) at first visit and 77.1 (13.6) after 6 months. Figure 2 shows the EuroQoL score and VAS stratified for control level.Conclusions: Improvements in asthma control and quality of life can be detected in the majority of non-controlled patients after 6-month follow-up in a real life setting.