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Uncontrolled asthma: assessing quality of life and productivity of children and their caregivers using a cross-sectional Internet-based survey.

Bonnie B BB Dean, Brian C BC Calimlim, Patricia P Sacco, Daniel D Aguilar, Robert R Maykut, and David D Tinkelman

Health Qual Life Outcomes (2010) PMID 20825674

Results of a national survey of asthmatic children that evaluated management goals established in 2004 by the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) indicated that asthma symptom control fell short on nearly every goal.

DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-8-96
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