Our objective was to evaluate the reproducibility of Asthma Control Questionnaire 7 (ACQ-7) in asthma patients, comparing our results against those obtained with the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) criteria. We evaluated 52 patients. Patients completed the ACQ-7, underwent spirometry, and were clinically assessed to determine the level of asthma control according to the GINA criteria, in two visits, 15 days apart. The ACQ-7 cutoff for uncontrolled asthma was a score of 1.5. The ACQ-7 showed good reproducibility, with a correlation coefficient of 0.73. The ACQ-7 identified a greater number of patients with uncontrolled asthma than did the GINA criteria; according to the GINA criteria, 47 patients (90.4%) presented with partially controlled asthma.
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Cardoso, M. N., Neto, H. J. C., Rabelo, L. M., Riedi, C. A., & Rosário, N. A. (2014). Utilidade do instrumento asthma control questionnaire 7 na avaliação do controle da asma. Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 40(2), 171–174. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1806-37132014000200011
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