PMC:4161609 / 11176-12338 JSONTXT

{"target":"https://pubannotation.org/docs/sourcedb/PMC/sourceid/4161609","sourcedb":"PMC","sourceid":"4161609","source_url":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/4161609","text":"G scale score in asthmatic patients continuously treated by controller medications\nThe data on the G scale obtained from the 248 patients with asthma who participated were analyzed. The percentages of respondents who answered sometimes, often, or always for each question of the G scale were 28% (G1), 27% (G2), 25% (G3), 28% (G4), 15% (G5), 15% (G6), 13% (G7), 16% (G8), 31% (G9), 31% (G10), 29% (G11), and 25% (G12). The frequencies of cough and phlegm were higher than those of wheeze and difficulty breathing. G3 and G4 did not refer to the features of phlegm, although it was important to explore the cause of phlegm. The frequencies of symptoms of rhinosinusitis (G9–G12) were relatively higher than those of symptoms of asthma (G1–G8). The question to which patients most often answered “always” (14%) was the question on losing the sense of smell (G12).\nA diagnosis of allergic rhinitis or sinusitis cannot be made using the G scale. Although post nasal drip was also one of the important findings in patients with sinusitis, there was no question that referred directly to post nasal drip, because the G scale consisted of patients’ subjective symptoms.","divisions":[{"label":"title","span":{"begin":0,"end":82}},{"label":"p","span":{"begin":83,"end":861}}],"tracks":[]}