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Children's Health Survey for Asthma

Name of Questionnaire

Children's Health Survey for Asthma (CHSA)

Description

Disease-specific, self report functional health questionnaire designed for parents of chronic asthma patients ages 5 to 12 years

Developer(s)

Sullivan SA, Olson LM.1

Address

Linda Asmussen, MS

Senior Research Associate - Functional Outcomes Project
Center for Child Health Research
American Academy of Pediatrics
141 Northwest Point Blvd
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007-1098

E-mail

cchrfop@aap.org

URL

http://www.aap.org/research/chsa.htm

Administration

Self administered by parent of patient

Number of items

48

Domains & categories (#)

5 domains

Name of categories/domains

Physical health - 15 items
Activity (child) - 5 items
Activity (family) - 6 items
Emotional health (child) - 5 items
Emotional health (family) - 17 items

In addition: items on health care utilization, asthma triggers, and family demographics

Scaling of items


5-point Likert-type scale; higher scores indicate better or more positive outcomes

Scoring


Computed scores transformed to a 0 - 100 scale.

Reliability

a. Test-retest/reproducibility .62 to .86 2
b. Internal consistency Cronbach's alpha - .81 to .92 2

Validity


2

Language(s)

Original: English

References

  1. Sullivan SA, Olson LM. Developing condition-specific measures of functional status and well-being for children. Clin Perform Qual Health Care 1995;3:132-138.
  2. Asmussen L, Olson LM, Grant EN, Fagan J, Weiss
    KB. Reliability and validity of the Children's Health Survey for Asthma. Pediatrics 1999;104(6):e71.

Date of information

February 2001

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