PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Eirini Grammatopoulou
AU  - Aikaterini Haniotou
AU  - Afroditi Evangelodimou
AU  - Nikolaos Tsamis
AU  - Pavlos Myrianthefs
AU  - George Baltopoulos
TI  - Factors associated with asthma control in patients with stable asthma
DP  - 2011 Sep 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - p1297
VI  - 38
IP  - Suppl 55
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/38/Suppl_55/p1297.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/38/Suppl_55/p1297.full
SO  - Eur Respir J2011 Sep 01; 38
AB  - Introduction: Despite the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) guidelines for asthma management, the prevalence of uncontrolled asthma in Greece remains high and factors associated with asthma control unknown.Aim: To predict associated factors with asthma control in stable asthmaMethods: 100 Greek patients with stable asthma were included in the study and classified as having controlled (≥20) or uncontrolled (≤ 19) asthma by the Asthma Control Test-ACT cut-off points. Multiple logistic regression analysis was conducted to identify possible predictors of asthma control. All analyses were conducted with SAS statistical software, version 9.1.Results: Among study participants, those who had follow-up visits solely in emergency were at excess risk of having uncontrolled asthma (OR=3.79; 95% CI=1.21-11.91; p=0.02). Patients with higher levels of MRC were more likely to have their asthma uncontrolled (OR=3.47; 95% CI=1.31–9.17; p=0.01). A statistically significant inverse association between FEV1 and asthma control was observed (p=0.005), indicating that 10 units increase in FEV1 seems to decrease the likelihood of not controlled asthma by almost 50%. Lastly, no evidence of significant associations with asthma control and physical activity (p=0.47), age (p=0.53), gender (p=0.25), BMI (p=0.60), was noted.Discussion: Greek patients with stable asthma should have regular follow-up visits in order to improve dyspnea and pulmonary function and achieve adequate control and management of asthma.