The Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) and other
asthma management guidelines based on the GINA
guidelines have promoted remarkable improvement
in asthma management.1-3 These guidelines, including
the 2006 GINA guidelines (GINA 2006), require
the clinician to achieve current control of asthma and
decrease the risk for future asthma exacerbation
rather than merely evaluate the severity of asthma.4,5
Therefore, it is extremely important to evaluate
asthma control in each patient in order to use these
guidelines appropriately, and the GINA guidelines
provide the criteria for such evaluations.
As asthma is one of the most common diseases,6-8
asthma management requires not only specialists but
also general physicians, with the role of general physicians
being extremely important. Studies of actual
clinical care have indicated that lung function tests,
including the forced expiratory volume in 1 second at
peak expiratory flow and peak flow, both of which are
required under most circumstances for proper evaluation
of asthma control under the guidelines, are only
poorly used.3,9-11 Therefore, in actual clinical care, it
is more realistic to use criteria other than lung function
parameters, instead of the GINA criteria, to
evaluate asthma control.
The Asthma Control Test (ACT), which was developed
in 2004, is a simple, self-administrated, and rapidly
completed assessment tool comprising 5 questions.
12 This tool is recognized as better for achieving
asthma control13-15 despite requiring no lung function
tests. Several studies have shown that the ACT can
be an excellent predictor of asthma control as defined
by the GINA guidelines.16-19 Although the Japanese
version of the ACT (ACT-J) was introduced in 2006,
no similar analysis of the ACT-J has yet been performed.
In 1998, the Niigata Asthma Treatment Study
Group began conducting annual or biennial surveys
to investigate various asthma control and management
problems.20-28 We analyzed data from the
questionnaire-based 2008 survey and reported that
the ACT-J is both reliable and valid.29 In order to allow
evaluation of the ACT-J as a predictor of GINA
2006-defined asthma control in actual clinical practice,
the questions in the 2010 survey concerning the
criteria for asthma control were based on the GINA
2006 guidelines. Therefore, the present study used
data from the 2010 questionnaire-based crosssectional
survey to compare the ACT-J score and
GINA classification of asthma control and analyze the
usefulness of the ACT-J as a predictor of GINA 2006-
defined asthma control.
The Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) and otherasthma management guidelines based on the GINAguidelines have promoted remarkable improvementin asthma management.1-3 These guidelines, includingthe 2006 GINA guidelines (GINA 2006), requirethe clinician to achieve current control of asthma anddecrease the risk for future asthma exacerbationrather than merely evaluate the severity of asthma.4,5Therefore, it is extremely important to evaluateasthma control in each patient in order to use theseguidelines appropriately, and the GINA guidelinesprovide the criteria for such evaluations.As asthma is one of the most common diseases,6-8asthma management requires not only specialists butalso general physicians, with the role of general physiciansbeing extremely important. Studies of actualclinical care have indicated that lung function tests,including the forced expiratory volume in 1 second atpeak expiratory flow and peak flow, both of which arerequired under most circumstances for proper evaluationof asthma control under the guidelines, are onlypoorly used.3,9-11 Therefore, in actual clinical care, itis more realistic to use criteria other than lung functionparameters, instead of the GINA criteria, toevaluate asthma control.The Asthma Control Test (ACT), which was developedin 2004, is a simple, self-administrated, and rapidlycompleted assessment tool comprising 5 questions.12 This tool is recognized as better for achievingasthma control13-15 despite requiring no lung functiontests. Several studies have shown that the ACT canbe an excellent predictor of asthma control as definedby the GINA guidelines.16-19 Although the Japaneseversion of the ACT (ACT-J) was introduced in 2006,no similar analysis of the ACT-J has yet been performed.In 1998, the Niigata Asthma Treatment StudyGroup began conducting annual or biennial surveysto investigate various asthma control and managementproblems.20-28 We analyzed data from thequestionnaire-based 2008 survey and reported thatthe ACT-J is both reliable and valid.29 In order to allowevaluation of the ACT-J as a predictor of GINA2006-defined asthma control in actual clinical practice,the questions in the 2010 survey concerning thecriteria for asthma control were based on the GINA2006 guidelines. Therefore, the present study useddata from the 2010 questionnaire-based crosssectionalsurvey to compare the ACT-J score andGINA classification of asthma control and analyze theusefulness of the ACT-J as a predictor of GINA 2006-defined asthma control.
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