Asthma Control in Canada Remains Suboptimal: The Reality of Asthma Control (TRAC) Study

J Mark FitzGerald; Louis-Philippe Boulet; R Andrew McIvor; Sabrina Zimmerman; Kenneth R Chapman

doi:10.1155/2006/753083

Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2006)

Asthma Control in Canada Remains Suboptimal: The Reality of Asthma Control (TRAC) Study

J Mark FitzGerald,
Louis-Philippe Boulet,
R Andrew McIvor,
Sabrina Zimmerman,
Kenneth R Chapman

Affiliations

J Mark FitzGerald: Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Louis-Philippe Boulet: Institut de cardiologie et de pneumologie de l’Université Laval, Hôpital Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
R Andrew McIvor: Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, St Joseph’s Healthcare, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
Sabrina Zimmerman: AstraZeneca Canada Inc, Mississauga, Canada
Kenneth R Chapman: Asthma & Airway Centre, University Health Network, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2006/753083
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 5
pp. 253 – 259

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Two Canadian studies showed that 55% of patients with asthma had daily symptoms (in 1996) and that 57% of patients suffered from poorly controlled asthma (in 1999).

Published in Canadian Respiratory Journal

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7503

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