@article{Dragonieri_Quaranta_Scisci_Capozza_Barratta_De Candia_Carpagnano_2022, title={The role of education in the self-compilation of asthma control test score in patients with asthma. }, volume={93}, url={https://mattioli1885journals.com/index.php/actabiomedica/article/view/12278}, DOI={10.23750/abm.v93i3.12278}, abstractNote={<p>BACKGROUND. Asthma Control Test (ACT) is a quick and easy tool that allows physicians to estimate the control of asthma symptoms. Previous studies showed that ACT can be self or physician-administered with similar results.</p> <p>AIM. The aim of our study was to evaluate the role of instruction in the self-compilation of ACT and its difference with the physician-administered modality.</p> <p>METHODS. We enrolled 114 patients with asthma from those attending our outpatient clinic. We divided our population into 3 groups, according to their level of education: 1) low level (primary, middle school; n= 34, age 54.3±11.1), 2) middle level (secondary school; n=44, age 38.2±13.8) and 3) high level (university degree; n=34, age 44.8±14.7). All participants answered the questionnaire in both self- and physician-administered ways. Then, we calculated the parameter ΔACT, defined as the difference between physician-administered and self-administered ACT score. The comparison of ΔACT among groups was assessed by Mann-Whitney U test. Moreover, Spearman correlation was used to assess linear relationship between physician- and self-administered ACT in the three groups.</p> <p>RESULTS. Patients with low and middle education level had higher median ΔACT compared to individuals with high education level (2.17 and 2.15 vs 0.75, p<0.05 for both analysis). Moreover, the R<sup>2</sup> value of the high education group (0.915) was higher than those with middle and low education (0.642 and 0.773, respectively).</p> <p>CONCLUSIONS. Our data suggest that patients without high education levels tend to overestimate their perception of asthma symptoms. Thus, ACT should always be physician-administered in these asthmatic patients.</p>}, number={3}, journal={Acta Biomedica Atenei Parmensis}, author={Dragonieri, Silvano and Quaranta, Vitaliano Nicola and Scisci, Enrico and Capozza, Elena and Barratta, Federica and De Candia, Maria Luisa and Carpagnano, Giovanna Elisiana}, year={2022}, month={Jul.}, pages={e2022177} }