Impact of Utilizing a Composite versus a Symptom-Only Validation Standard in the Development of the Asthma Impairment and Risk Questionnaire

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Bradley E Chipps,1 Robert S Zeiger,2 David A Beuther,3 Robert A Wise,4 William McCann,5 Joan Reibman,6 Maureen George,7 Ileen Gilbert,8 James M Eudicone,8 Karin S Coyne,9 Gale Harding,9 Kevin R Murphy10 1Capital Allergy & Respiratory Disease Center, Sacramento, CA, USA; 2Department of Clinical Science, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine, Pasadena, CA, USA; 3Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, USA; 4Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; 5Allergy Partners, Asheville, NC, USA; 6Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA; 7Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY, USA; 8BioPharmaceuticals Medical, AstraZeneca, Wilmington, DE, USA; 9Evidera, Bethesda, MD, USA; 10Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USACorrespondence: Bradley E Chipps, Capital Allergy & Respiratory Disease Center, 5609 J Street, Suite C, Sacramento, CA, 95819, USA, Tel [phone], Email [email protected]