Description
General Introduction:
A Huddy-supported asthma Compass can help your diagnostic and asthma management processes. Our asthma Compasses are developed based on the most recent guidelines the National Institutes of Health (NIH) proposes for asthma management. Complete your Compass and share your score summary (results) baseline levels.
Asthma Compasses also include key asthma indicators (general symptoms, sleep disruptions, low peak flow meter reading, and poor response to rescue inhalers), which users monitor in the form of trackables to yield supplementary assessment data.
Brief Description:
Huddy’s Asthma Control (AC) Compass (assessment + trackables) is an 8-item questionnaire that assesses your perspective on asthma control, symptoms, limitations (work or life disruptions), quality of life, and preventative steps like remediating indoor allergens, using asthma medications, etc.
You and your doctor can use the AC Compass to measure and monitor (via trackables) your asthma control. The AC Compass features 2-, 3-, and 4-point Likert scale responses (yes/no, personal responses, and responses indicating a frequency). The AC Compass sums these responses to yield an overall score that suggests your level of control. You can review your score summary by accessing or downloading your report. Your scores range from 1 (well-controlled asthma) to 480 (poorly controlled asthma). Scores >251 suggest that your asthma is not well-controlled. You should consult a medical professional to determine your next steps.
Potential Uses:
Part of a diagnostic process
To recognize patterns of inadequate asthma control
To generally assess or re-assess asthma control
