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Integrated Therapeutics Group - Asthma Short Form (ITG-ASF)

Name of questionnaire

Integrated Therapeutics Group - Asthma Short Form (TG-ASF)

Description

Disease-specific, self report functional health questionnaire designed for chronic asthma patients.

Developer

MS Bayliss, DM Espindle, D Buchner, MS Blaiss, JE Ware

Address

QualityMetric Incorporated
640 George Washington Highway
Lincoln, RI 02865, USA

Phone Number

(401) 334-8800

Web Site

http://www.qmetric.com

Cost & availability

Contact QualityMetric for information on use.

Administration

Self administered; reading level grade 4.8

Time to complete

Not reported

Number of items

Domains & categories

5 domains plus total score

Name of categories/domains

Symptom-free index (5 items), functioning with asthma (5 items), psychosocial impact of asthma (3 items), asthma energy (1 item), asthma-confidence in health (1 item) plus total score

Scaling of items

5-point Likert-type scale: not at all, mildly, moderately, severely, very severely

Scoring

Items within scales are summed and linearly transformed from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating better functioning

Reliability

Test-retest/reproducibility: Not Reported
Internal consistency: Reported¹

Validity

Demonstrated hypothesized correlations with HRQL measures (scales of SF-36 and AQLQ-Marks), asthma severity (as defined by the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program), and number of missed work days.¹

Responsiveness

Responsive to 8-week change in FEV1% predicted, 1-year change in asthma severity, and number of workdays missed in past month.¹

Research use

Not reported

Clinical use

Not reported

Language

Original: English

Translations: Spanish and Chinese-American in progress

References

Bayliss MS, Espindle DM, Buchner D, Blaiss MS, Ware JE. A new tool for monitoring asthma outcomes: the ITG Asthma Short Form. Qual Life Res 2000;9:451-466.

Date of information

December 2001