Using Humanistic Health Outcomes Data in Asthma

One of the aims of treatment of asthma is to improve patient well-being,which incorporates the concept of patients’ perceptions of how they feel and their ability to function in their everyday life [health-related quality of life (HR-QOL)]. The weak association between conventional measures of clinical status in asthma and asthma-specific quality of life means that quality of life must be measured directly — it cannot be inferred from clinical …