Epidemiological diagnosis of asthma: methodological considerations of prevalence evaluation
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
1987
Citazione:
Epidemiological diagnosis of asthma: methodological considerations of prevalence evaluation / I. Cerveri, C. Bruschi, M. Ricciardi, L. Zocchi, M..C. Zoia, C. Rampulla. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. - ISSN 0393-2990. - 3:2(1987 Jun), pp. 202-205.
Abstract:
Within an epidemiological survey on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, before reporting data on the prevalence of bronchial asthma we checked the group of subjects defined as "pathological" by means of a suitable questionnaire and a group of "normals" as a control. We evaluated the sensitivity and specificity of the questionnaire, in comparison with a clinical evaluation made by two physicians and controlled the relationship among their results, non-specific bronchial hyperreactivity and skin tests. In particular the correspondence between diagnosis made by physicians from a clinical evaluation and that obtained by questionnaire was not satisfactory. We suggest the importance of employing physicians for an epidemiological approach to asthma, in absence of a valid objective criterion.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Asthma; Bronchial challenge; Clinical evaluation; Questionnaires
Elenco autori:
I. Cerveri, C. Bruschi, M. Ricciardi, L. Zocchi, M..C. Zoia, C. Rampulla
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