Abstract
Purpose
The management of asthma is an important as well as difficult issue of physician’s daily practice particularly in busy clinical
settings. C-ACT was created to identify asthma control levels in children aged 4–11 years. Our aim was to evaluate the reliability,
validity and responsiveness of C-ACT in a Turkish sample of children with asthma.
settings. C-ACT was created to identify asthma control levels in children aged 4–11 years. Our aim was to evaluate the reliability,
validity and responsiveness of C-ACT in a Turkish sample of children with asthma.
Results
The internal consistency reliability of the Turkish version of C-ACT (C-ACT1 to C-ACT5) was found to be 0.82, 0.83, 0.82,
0.82 and 0.80, respectively (reliability statistics, Cronbach’s alpha). Test–retest reliability was 0.71. There was significant
correlation between C-ACT and physician’s assessment of asthma control at visit 1 (r = 0.65, P < 0.001).
0.82 and 0.80, respectively (reliability statistics, Cronbach’s alpha). Test–retest reliability was 0.71. There was significant
correlation between C-ACT and physician’s assessment of asthma control at visit 1 (r = 0.65, P < 0.001).
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category Brief Communication
- Pages 1-6
- DOI 10.1007/s11136-011-9970-z
- Authors
- B. E. Sekerel, Faculty of Medicine, Pediatric Allergy and Asthma Unit, Hacettepe University, 06100 Ankara, Turkey
- O. U. Soyer, Faculty of Medicine, Pediatric Allergy and Asthma Unit, Hacettepe University, 06100 Ankara, Turkey
- O. Keskin, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey
- N. Uzuner, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey
- M. Yazicioglu, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey
- M. Kılıç, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuzmayis University, Samsun, Turkey
- H. Artaç, Faculty of Medicine, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey
- S. Ozmen, Sami-Ulus Children Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
- D. Can, Behçet-Uz Children Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
- D. Zeyrek, Faculty of Medicine, Harran University, Urfa, Turkey
- H. Cokugras, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Y. Canitez, Faculty of Medicine, Uludağ University, Bursa, Turkey
- M. Aydogan, Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli University, Izmit, Turkey
- S. Kuyucu, Faculty of Medicine, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey
- A. İnal, Faculty of Medicine, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey
- F. Gurkan, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey
- F. Orhan, Faculty of Medicine, Karadeniz Teknik University, Trabzon, Turkey
- O. Yilmaz, Faculty of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey
- A. B. Boz, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
- F. Tahan, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
- O. Cevit, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey
- Journal Quality of Life Research
- Online ISSN 1573-2649
- Print ISSN 0962-9343