QUOTAC: QUestionnaire On day and night Time respiratory symptoms in Asthmatic Children -- a validity study.
The aim of this study was to validate the QUOTAC, a questionnaire on day and night time respiratory symptoms in asthmatic children. Validity was examined by measuring agreement between the QUOTAC and a self-report diary in children aged 6 to 16 years, divided in an asthma group and a control group. As an extra interest in our study a sum score was computed as a measure of the severity of asthma. This study shows that the QUOTAC is discriminative between asthmatic and healthy children and is a reliable and sensitive scale for measuring the severity of asthma. However, cut-off scores for mild, moderate, or severe asthma should be investigated in further research.
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Department of Pediatric Pulmonology. Emma Children's Hospital AMC, Amsterdam. b.vanzaane@amc.uva.nl
Droog
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Stouthard
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van Aalderen
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D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D003371:Cough / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000209:etiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires