title: A life activities questionnaire for childhood asthma.
abstract: The paper describes the development and testing of a paper-and-pencil instrument, the Life Activities Questionnaire for Childhood Asthma, that can be applied to assess activity restriction in children with asthma. It describes how items for the instrument were selected to ensure the validity of the developed instrument. The method by which the reliability of the questionnaire was established is also discussed. The result is a valid and reliable instrument that should have wide applicability in measuring activity restriction because of childhood asthma. The developed instrument has potential use in clinical settings, research, and policy making.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Ohio University, Athens 45701-2979.
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Creer
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Wigal
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kotses
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hatala
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McConnaughy
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Winder
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004644:Emotions; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006796:Household Work; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008297:Male; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires