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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2016 Nov 30;5(3):764–770. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2016.09.046

Table II.

Asthma Morbidity (N=175)

N (%) or mean (SD)
Uncontrolled over last 4 weeks using EPR3 Guidelines5 121 (69.1)
 Uncontrolled Daytime Symptoms 61 (34.90)
 Uncontrolled Nighttime Symptoms 94 (53.7)
 Excess Quick relief Medication Use 60 (34.5)
 Missed Activity 48 (27.6)
Control Test over last 4 weeks
 Childhood Asthma Control Test (ACT) score47 (n=73) 21 (4.1)
 ACT score uncontrolled (>19) 46 (63.0)
 Asthma Therapy Assessment Questionnaire (ATAQ) score46 (n=99) 3.5 (1.8)
 ATAQ score uncontrolled (≥1) 97 (98.0)
Over last 12 months
 Any Emergency Department Visit 67 (38.2)
 Any Hospitalization 16 (9.1)
 Any Prednisone Use 64 (36.6)
Uncontrolled for any measure* 157 (89.7)
*

This sums the subjects who demonstrated lack of control in any category measured: NHLBI questions, ACT or ATAQ score, or who had an emergency department visit, hospitalization or prednisone use over the last 12 months.