Accordingly, the new update of the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) guidelines 2006 is based on the control of the disease and attempts to quantify and graduate the level of control by using a classification of asthmatic subjects into controlled,partly controlled and uncontrolled groups.

Achieving and maintaining optimal asthma control is a major goal of asthma management. Although the results of clinical trials advocate that asthma control can be reached in most patients, there is evidence that many subjects with asthma have poorly controlled disease and that there is a significant gap between the treatment goals and the current level of asthma control achieved in the general population.

The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence of uncontrolled and partly controlled asthma in Italy using a patient-based tool such as Asthma Control Test.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Written informed consent obtained
• Male or female patients with asthma diagnosis (at least 6 months)
• ability to understand and fill in questionaires

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients included in a clinical trial within the last 12 weeks
• Patients with serious illnesses
• Pregnant women

Asthmatic patients