PMID: 11344376May 10, 2001Paper

Pediatric asthma assessment: validation of 2 symptom diaries

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
N C Santanello

Abstract

Accurate assessment of the value of asthma interventions in pediatric clinical trials is an essential step toward the improvement of the treatment of this disorder in children. Conventional pulmonary function measures can be infeasible and unreliable in younger children, particularly for use in multisite studies. As an alternative or supplemental approach, diary questionnaires completed by the patients or their caregivers may provide valuable data regarding the efficacy of asthma interventions in pediatric clinical trials. These questionnaires, however, have routinely not been validated for use in pediatric populations. Two pediatric diary questionnaires (the child-completed Pediatric Asthma Diary [PAD] and the parent/caregiver-completed Pediatric Asthma Caregiver Diary [PACD]) were designed to evaluate asthma symptoms in children aged 6 to 14 years and 2 to 5 years, respectively. The validity of these diary questionnaires was evaluated in 2 separate prospective studies that included children who were divided into 2 asthma groups: stable (requiring no additional asthma medication) and unstable (requiring either an increase in or the addition of asthma medication). Both scales displayed significant discriminant validity, constru...Continue Reading

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May 17, 2014·The Journal of Asthma : Official Journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma·Carlos E Rodríguez-MartínezGustavo Nino
Oct 1, 2015·Pediatric Pulmonology·Suelen G OliveiraRita Mattiello
Jan 6, 2006·The Journal of Asthma : Official Journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma·Jonathan M SpergelAleksandra Bokszczanin-Knosala
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