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Child Health Measurement Project

Children's Health Survey for Asthma (CHSA)


Pediatric health and functional status and health-related quality of life measurement is an important and rapidly growing area in health care research. Such tools go beyond traditional physiological assessments by incorporating a multidimensional definition of health that encompasses physical, psychological and social aspects. Application of these measures includes describing the health status of pediatric populations, examining the outcomes of various conditions and treatment methods, and potentially improving clinical decision-making by capturing the boarder impact of disease and treatment based on child and parent perspectives
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The prevalence of asthma in the pediatric population, combined with the financial, social and emotional costs to children and their families provided impetus for the development of the Children's Health Survey for Asthma (CHSA). The core set of domains are:

  • Physical Health: Physical symptoms and pain experienced by the child
  • Activity: Child and family's ability to carry out everyday activities
  • Emotional Health: Impact of asthma on the mental well-being of both the child and family

Over 400 copies of the parent-report instrument have been disseminated to pediatricians and health services researchers. The measure has also been used in several large, federally-funded studies including the Pediatric Asthma Care PORT II. The psychometric properties of the CHSA have been published in Pediatrics 1999;104(6).

  • English and US Spanish versions of the CHSA are available for use in non-commercial research or practice applications at no cost.  Start registration now  start
  • A US-Spanish version of the CHSA is available. Linguistic validation was conducted by Mapi Research Institute and included forward-backward translation by professional translators, consolidation, and pilot testing. A full report on translation methods is available by request.

If you are interested in using the CHSA, please contact Senior Research Associate, Child Health Measurement Project at dorchmp@aap.org





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