TY - JOUR
T1 - Development and validation of the composite asthma severity index - An outcome measure for use in children and adolescents
AU - Wildfire, Jeremy J.
AU - Gergen, Peter J.
AU - Sorkness, Christine A.
AU - Mitchell, Herman E.
AU - Calatroni, Agustin
AU - Kattan, Meyer
AU - Szefler, Stanley J.
AU - Teach, Stephen J.
AU - Bloomberg, Gordon R.
AU - Wood, Robert A.
AU - Liu, Andrew H.
AU - Pongracic, Jacqueline A.
AU - Chmiel, James F.
AU - Conroy, Kathleen
AU - Rivera-Sanchez, Yadira
AU - Busse, William W.
AU - Morgan, Wayne J.
N1 - Funding Information:
This project was funded in whole or in part with federal funds from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases , National Institutes of Health , under contract nos. NO1-AI-25496 and NO1-JAI-25482 . Additional funds were provided by the National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health , under grants RR00052, M01RR00533, 1UL1RR025771, M01RR00071, 1UL1RR024156, 5UL1RR024992-02, and 5M01RR020359-04 .
PY - 2012/3
Y1 - 2012/3
N2 - Background: Asthma severity is reflected in many aspects of the disease, including impairment and future risks, particularly for exacerbations. According to the Expert Panel Report 3: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma, however, to assess more comprehensively the severity of asthma the level of current treatment needed to maintain a level of control should be included. Objective: Development and validation of a new instrument, the Composite Asthma Severity Index (CASI), which can quantify disease severity by taking into account impairment, risk, and the amount of medication needed to maintain control. At present, there is no instrument available to measure and assess the multidimensional nature of asthma. Methods: Twenty-six established asthma investigators, who are part of the National Institutes of Health-supported Inner City Asthma Consortium, participated in a modified Delphi consensus process to identify and weight the dimensions of asthma. Factor analysis was performed to identify independent domains of asthma by using the Asthma Control Evaluation trial. CASI was validated by using the Inner City Anti-IgE Therapy for Asthma trial. Results: CASI scores include 5 domains: day symptoms and albuterol use, night symptoms and albuterol use, controller treatment, lung function measures, and exacerbations. At Asthma Control Evaluation trial enrollment, CASI ranged from 0 to 17, with a mean of 6.2. CASI was stable, with minimal change in variance after 1 year of treatment. In external validation, CASI detected a 32% larger improvement than did symptoms alone. Conclusion: CASI retained its discriminatory ability even with low levels of symptoms reported after months of guidelines-directed care. Thus, CASI has the ability to determine the level of asthma severity and provide a composite clinical characterization of asthma.
AB - Background: Asthma severity is reflected in many aspects of the disease, including impairment and future risks, particularly for exacerbations. According to the Expert Panel Report 3: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma, however, to assess more comprehensively the severity of asthma the level of current treatment needed to maintain a level of control should be included. Objective: Development and validation of a new instrument, the Composite Asthma Severity Index (CASI), which can quantify disease severity by taking into account impairment, risk, and the amount of medication needed to maintain control. At present, there is no instrument available to measure and assess the multidimensional nature of asthma. Methods: Twenty-six established asthma investigators, who are part of the National Institutes of Health-supported Inner City Asthma Consortium, participated in a modified Delphi consensus process to identify and weight the dimensions of asthma. Factor analysis was performed to identify independent domains of asthma by using the Asthma Control Evaluation trial. CASI was validated by using the Inner City Anti-IgE Therapy for Asthma trial. Results: CASI scores include 5 domains: day symptoms and albuterol use, night symptoms and albuterol use, controller treatment, lung function measures, and exacerbations. At Asthma Control Evaluation trial enrollment, CASI ranged from 0 to 17, with a mean of 6.2. CASI was stable, with minimal change in variance after 1 year of treatment. In external validation, CASI detected a 32% larger improvement than did symptoms alone. Conclusion: CASI retained its discriminatory ability even with low levels of symptoms reported after months of guidelines-directed care. Thus, CASI has the ability to determine the level of asthma severity and provide a composite clinical characterization of asthma.
KW - Asthma
KW - composite score
KW - exacerbations
KW - morbidity
KW - severity
KW - symptoms
KW - treatment
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.12.962
DO - 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.12.962
M3 - Article
C2 - 22244599
AN - SCOPUS:84857796207
SN - 0091-6749
VL - 129
SP - 694
EP - 701
JO - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
JF - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
IS - 3
ER -