Table 1.
Schedule of procedures at the Severe Asthma Assessment and Rapid Access Asthma Clinics.
| Study group | MISSIONa Severe Asthma Assessment Clinics and outpatient severe asthma | MISSION Rapid Access Asthma Clinics and primary care patients |
| Full medical and asthma history | ✓b | ✓ |
| Lung function testing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Inflammometry | ✓ | ✓ |
| Medication history | ✓ | ✓ |
| Health care usage (general practitioner attendances, emergency department attendances, and admissions) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Allergy status | ✓ | ✓ |
| Smoking status and history | ✓ | ✓ |
| Inhaler technique before and after review and documentation of improvements made | ✓ | ✓ |
| Disease-specific scores: Asthma Control Questionnaire and Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire | ✓ | ✓ |
| Comorbidity screening: Epworth Sleepiness Scale, Sino Nasal Outcome Test -22, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Questionnaire, and Nijmegen | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reviews by wider asthma multidisciplinary team, including time from referral to review | ✓ | Xc |
aMISSION: Modern Innovative Solutions to Improve Outcomes.
b✓: assessment performed.
cX: assessment not performed.