title: Parent-reported physician diagnosis is an important factor in asthma management: an elementary school survey.
abstract: Parent surveys seem to provide sufficient information for asthma case selection. In this study, elementary school children were identified for an asthma education program through a screening questionnaire, followed by a comprehensive family survey. The data were analyzed by groups according to those with parent-reported physician diagnosis or no physician diagnosis. Those with an asthma diagnosis had less nighttime symptoms, less family stress, and more asthma follow-up visits, and were prescribed appropriate medications and peak flow meters more often than those students without a physician diagnosis of asthma. A physician commitment to or recognition of an asthma diagnosis is an important factor in subsequent asthma care.
authors.affiliation: Michigan State University, Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies, Department of Pediatrics, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, USA. homnick@kcms.msu.edu
authors.forename: Douglas N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Homnick
authors.forename: Sandra R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: DeJong
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D003625:Data Collection; D006801:Humans; D008824:Michigan; D010290:Parents; D010820:Physicians; D012574:Schools; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires