Your English writing platform
Discover LudwigSuggestions(2)
Exact(9)
Most previous attempts to measure asthma were based on asking people whether they had ever received a diagnosis of the disease, or suffered from obvious symptoms of it.
Different categories of asthma were based on distinguishable clinical presentation: classical (wheezing with/without dyspnea, cough/chest tightness), cough variant (cough as the sole presenting symptom) and chest tightness variant asthma (defined solely by chest tightness).
Definitions of wheeze and asthma were based on the questions in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey.
Definitions of asthma were based on answers to specific questions, such as "Ever had wheezing?", "Ever had a doctor's diagnosis of asthma?", and "Ever had wheezing during the last 12 months?" [ 25].
The main limitation of this study is that the prevalence of adolescent allergy-like indicators and asthma were based on adolescents' self-reports; however, with repeated use of the same questionnaires.
The presence or absence of early childhood diagnoses of allergies and asthma were based on the notes in the individual health records, from where the data were collected by health care professionals.
Similar(51)
David Van Sickle, a medical anthropologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, who presented during the same session as Barnes, points out that the global prevalence estimates for asthma are based largely on asking people whether a physician has ever told them they have asthma.
A diagnosis of asthma was based on patient report of medical history.
Asthma was based on established pediatric diagnosis and medications taken.
Diagnosis of asthma was based on the Global Initiative for Asthma criteria.
The definition of asthma was based on a physician's diagnosis.
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com