INTRODUCTION: Little information is available about @entity565 control in @entity1 followed by general practitioners care in France, although such control is one of the essential aims of their treatment. OBJECTIVES: The ER'Asthme survey sought to assess @entity565 control among @entity1 visiting their general practitioner (GP) and to determine the factors associated with it. METHODS: This cross-sectional included @entity1 with @entity565 diagnosed at least 12 months earlier, aged more than 6 years, and followed by a GP. It collected data on self-assessed health status, @entity565 control (assessed by a 3-level composite score based on the Canadian consensus criteria as adapted by ANAES: optimal, acceptable and unacceptable), and compliance. RESULTS: The study included 16,580 @entity1 ; 85% were older than 20 years, and 54% were male. @entity1 answered the question about their @entity565 control as follows: 53% "excellent" or "fine", 39% "not very good" and 8% "poor". GPs, however, assessed @entity565 control as optimal in 21% of @entity1 , acceptable in 7% and unacceptable in 72%. Concordance between these two assessments was thus poor: Kappa coefficient 34.5% (95% CI [33.5%; 35.5%]). Only 59% of @entity1 reported complete compliance with their maintenance treatment. Factors associated with optimal control were: use of fixed combination therapy (inhaled corticosteroid+long-acting beta-agonist) (OR: 3.7; 95%CI [3.5; 4.2]) normal BMI (OR: 2.4; 95%CI [2.0; 2.9]), non-smoker status (OR: 2.4; 95%CI [2.1; 2.8]), age<50 (OR: 2.3; 95%CI [2.1; 2.6]) and good compliance (OR: 1.6; 95%CI [1.5; 1.8]). CONCLUSION: @entity1 with @entity565 overestimate their @entity565 control, which often remains inadequate. Maintenance treatment with a fixed combination, BMI, smoking, age and compliance all influence the level of @entity565 control.

[Asthma control in general practice: a cross-sectional survey of 16,580 XXXX ].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'Patients'] @entity565 :: ('MESH:D001249', 'Disease') :: ['asthma']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['patients']
