Characterization of asthma status by parent report and medical record review

• Published in: Journal of allergy and clinical immunology Vol. 120; no. 6; pp. 1468 - 1469
• Main Authors: Yoo, Kwang Ha, MD, PhD, Johnson, Shirley K., MSN, Voigt, Robert G., MD, Campeau, Lynnelle J., RN, Yawn, Barbara P., MD, MSc, Juhn, Young J., MD, MPH
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Mosby, Inc 01.12.2007; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adult; Age; Agreements; Allergy and Immunology; Asthma; Asthma - diagnosis; Asthma - epidemiology; Child care; Child, Preschool; Children & youth; Cohort Studies; Cross-Sectional Studies; Developmental psychology; Female; Humans; Male; Medical Records; Methods; Parents; Parents & parenting; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Prevalence; Questionnaires; Retrospective Studies; Risk factors; Studies; Surveys and Questionnaires

For the relationship between each ascertainment method and risk factors, the association between less controversial risk factors for asthma (eg, history of wheezing or history of atopy) and asthma status by either parental report or medical record review was quite consistent, but the relationship be...