Suzanne R Kochis1, Torie Grant1, Wanda Phipatanakul2, Matthew Perzanowski3, Susan Balcer-Whaley1, Jean Curtin-Brosnan1, Michelle Newman1, Amparito Cunningham2, Mary E Bollinger4, Elizabeth C Matsui5. 1. Division of Pediatric Allergy/Immunology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md. 2. Division of Pediatric Allergy/Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. 3. Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY. 4. Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md. 5. Department of Public Health, Dell Medical School, University of Texas, Austin, TX. Electronic address: Elizabeth.matsui@austin.utexas.edu.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: It is unknown whether caregiver perception of a child's asthma control, independent of guideline-based asthma control assessment, is a predictor of future acute visits. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether caregiver-reported asthma control is an indicator of future risk of acute visit. METHODS: Two study populations of low-income, minority 5- to 17-year-old children with persistent asthma were included. Questionnaires administered at baseline and at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months captured symptoms, short-acting β-agonist use, acute visits in the previous 3 months, and caregiver-reported asthma control. Well-controlled, not well-controlled, and very poorly controlled asthma were defined using National Asthma Education and Prevention Program guideline-based assessment. Relationships between caregiver-reported control and acute visits in the subsequent 3 months were examined. RESULTS: At baseline, both populations were predominantly black/African American (91% and 79%) with public insurance (85% and 88%) and very poorly controlled asthma (47% and 50%). In both populations, most caregivers reported that their child's asthma was well controlled (73% and 69%). In both populations, participants whose caregivers reported that their child had uncontrolled asthma had greater odds of having an acute visit in the following 3 months as compared with participants whose caregivers reported that their child's asthma was well controlled, independent of guideline-based control, age, sex, race, controller medication, insurance, and atopy (odds ratio [95% CI], 2.4 [1.4-4.2] and 1.6 [1.1-2.4]). CONCLUSIONS: Among predominantly low-income minority children with asthma, caregiver-reported asthma control may provide information about the risk of future acute visit for asthma that is complementary to guideline-based control assessment.
BACKGROUND: It is unknown whether caregiver perception of a child's asthma control, independent of guideline-based asthma control assessment, is a predictor of future acute visits. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether caregiver-reported asthma control is an indicator of future risk of acute visit. METHODS: Two study populations of low-income, minority 5- to 17-year-old children with persistent asthma were included. Questionnaires administered at baseline and at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months captured symptoms, short-acting β-agonist use, acute visits in the previous 3 months, and caregiver-reported asthma control. Well-controlled, not well-controlled, and very poorly controlled asthma were defined using National Asthma Education and Prevention Program guideline-based assessment. Relationships between caregiver-reported control and acute visits in the subsequent 3 months were examined. RESULTS: At baseline, both populations were predominantly black/African American (91% and 79%) with public insurance (85% and 88%) and very poorly controlled asthma (47% and 50%). In both populations, most caregivers reported that their child's asthma was well controlled (73% and 69%). In both populations, participants whose caregivers reported that their child had uncontrolled asthma had greater odds of having an acute visit in the following 3 months as compared with participants whose caregivers reported that their child's asthma was well controlled, independent of guideline-based control, age, sex, race, controller medication, insurance, and atopy (odds ratio [95% CI], 2.4 [1.4-4.2] and 1.6 [1.1-2.4]). CONCLUSIONS: Among predominantly low-income minority children with asthma, caregiver-reported asthma control may provide information about the risk of future acute visit for asthma that is complementary to guideline-based control assessment.
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