Abstract
Bronchial asthma, which affects approximately 5 million US children, is vastly underdiagnosed and treated, particularly among minorities and those of low socioeconomic status. Because current methods of detecting those at greatest risk of asthma in a multicultural setting appear inadequate, we assessed the validity and reliability of a new asthma questionnaire across 3 dominant cultures in Orange County, California (white, Hispanic, and Vietnamese). Children in grades 1, 3, and 5 and their families, in 3 different schools representative of these major ethnic groups, were randomly selected to participate in the validation process. Two schools with low socioeconomic status and dominant Hispanic or Vietnamese minorities were designated inner-city schools, whereas the third school was a suburban school with predominately white students. Participants completed a 7-question, 11-element questionnaire in their primary language, followed by an asthma evaluation (history, physical examination, and spirometry) by an asthma specialist (who was blinded with respect to the results of the questionnaire), at their respective schools. The physician then made a determination regarding the presence and severity (according to National Institutes o...Continue Reading
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