Self-reported questionnaires to assess indoor home environmental exposures in asthma patients: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The indoor home environment plays a crucial role in determining the outcome of respiratory diseases, including asthma. Researchers, clinicians, and patients would benefit from self-reported questionnaires to assess indoor home environmental exposures that may impact on respiratory health.

Objective

To review self-reported instruments for assessing indoor home environmental exposures in asthma patients and to characterise their content, development, and psychometric properties.

Design

A scoping review was conducted with content assessment.

Methods

A literature search was conducted in Embase and PubMed using the key words housing quality, questionnaire and asthma and their index terms, covering articles published in English between January 2000 to July

SUBMITTER: Punyadasa D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11494864 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature