What Are the Determinates of Asthma Control?

Abstract

The evolution of our understanding of treatment of asthma begins with assessment of severity which is primarily related to the natural history of the disease. Control is defined as normalizing of the physiologic abnormalities and lessening economic and social burden of the disease. This paper reviews the factors that influence the variability and determinants of asthma control. The tools to validate and access asthma control should be employed in daily clinical practice.

Therefore, it is important to determine asthma control based on a multidimensional approach including physiologic assessment, global assessment of functionality, daytime symptoms, nighttime symptoms, healthcare utilization, and adherence to therapy.

Keywords:

• asthma control
• asthma severity
• asthma guidelines
• spirometry
• measures of inflammation