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An examination of factorial invariance of the Asthma Control Questionnaire among adults with severe asthma

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  • Ronald McDowell
  • Liam Heaney
  • Thomas Brown
  • Brendan Bunting
  • Hassan Burhan
  • Rekha Chaudhuri
  • Paddy Dennison
  • Shoaib Faruqi
  • Robin Gore
  • David J Jackson
  • Andrew Menzies-Gow
  • Thomas Pantin
  • Mitesh Patel
  • Paul Pfeffer
  • Salman Siddiqui
  • John Busby
  • on behalf of the UK Severe Asthma Registry

Abstract

Background: The Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ) is used to assess asthma symptom control. The relationship between the questionnaire items and symptom control has not been fully studied in severe asthmatic patients, and its validity for making comparisons between subgroups of patients is unknown. Methods: Data was obtained from patients in the United Kingdom Severe Asthma Registry whose symptom control was assessed using the five-item ACQ (ACQ5) (n = 2,951). Confirmatory factor analysis determined whether a latent factor for asthma symptom control, as measured by the ACQ5, was consistent with the data. Measurement invariance was examined in relation to ethnicity, sex and age; this included testing for approximate measurement invariance using Bayesian Structural Equation Modelling (BSEM). The fitted models were used to estimate the internal consistency reliability of the ACQ5. Invariance of factor means across subgroups was assessed. Results: A one-factor construct with residual correlations for the ACQ5 was an excellent fit to the data in all subgroups (Root Mean Square Error Approximation 0.03 [90%CI 0.02,0.05], p-close fit 0.93, Comparative Fit Index 1.00, Tucker Lewis Index 1.00}. Expected item responses were consistent for Caucasian and non-Caucasian patients with the same absolute level of symptom control. There was some evidence that females and younger adults reported wakening more frequently during the night than males and older adults respectively with the same absolute level of symptom control (p

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  • Ronald McDowell & Liam Heaney & Thomas Brown & Brendan Bunting & Hassan Burhan & Rekha Chaudhuri & Paddy Dennison & Shoaib Faruqi & Robin Gore & David J Jackson & Andrew Menzies-Gow & Thomas Pantin & , 2023. "An examination of factorial invariance of the Asthma Control Questionnaire among adults with severe asthma," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 18(12), pages 1-17, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0295493
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0295493
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