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About Asthma: Whom to Ask, Child or Parent?
Rationale: Parents and children may differ in how they report asthma symptoms and subjective outcomes. The appropriateness of collecting data from children versus parental proxies is not well understood. CHIRP examines differences in parent and child report on several asthma-specific instruments.
Methods: Children (ages 7-16) and their parents completed interview administered questionnaires including the Asthma Symptom Day-14 (ASD-14). This report is based on data from 100 completed child/parent dyads.
Results:59%
of the sample were males; mean child age was 10.6 years (range =
7-16); 56% of children were Black/African American. In responses
to the ASD-14, children and parents reported similar numbers of
ASDs in the previous 14 days (3.71 and 3.51 ASDs, respectively;
p = NS). Children reported a lower burden of daytime symptoms; 46.9%
of children and 32.0% of parents reported having no daytime symptoms.
Reports of activity limitation and nighttime symptoms were similar
for children and parents.
Conclusions:
The level of agreement between parent and child report for asthma
may differ for various aspects of the condition. These results highlight
a need to better characterize issues related to parent and child
reporting of health status. |
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