Development and validation of an asthma self-knowledge questionnaire.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Validated questionnaires for adequately assessing knowledge about asthma are scarce. Thus, the primary objective of the present study was to develop and validate an asthma self-knowledge questionnaire, based on international recommendations on the disease. The secondary objectives were to compare knowledge about asthma between asthmatic patients and non-asthmatic individuals; assessing whether asthma affects the level of self-knowledge of the disease and what factors may be associated with poorer self-knowledge of the disease.

Methods

The Bronchial Asthma Self-Knowledge Questionnaire was developed, and validation studies were performed: logical or apparent validity, content validity, construct validity; internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha test), test-retest or

SUBMITTER: Dos Santos AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12578227 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature