From: The presentation of a short adapted questionnaire to measure asthma knowledge of parents
Items | Factor Ib | Factor IIb |
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1. Inhaler use can lead to dependence or addiction.a | X | |
2. Inhalers can have an affect on the heart or damage it.a | X | |
3. It’s not good for children to use the inhaler for too long.a | X | |
4. After a child’s asthma attack, once the coughing is over, use of the inhaler and medications should stop. | ||
5. Children with asthma should use asthma medications only when they have symptoms (coughing, congestion, or wheezing).a | X | |
6. It’s better to use inhalers directly, without a holding chamber, so the medication can go more directly to the lungs.a | X | |
7. The main cause of asthma is airway inflammation. | ||
8. Parents should ask a doctor to tell the school that an asthmatic child shouldn’t exercise or participate in physical education classes.a | X | |
9. Children who have asthma shouldn’t participate in sports that make them run too much.a | X | |
10. When a child has an asthma attack it’s best to go to the emergency room even if symptoms are mild.a | X | |
11. Asthma attacks can be prevented if medications are taken even when there are no symptoms—between attacks. | ||
12. Flu infections are the main causes or triggers of asthma attacks. | ||
13. It’s best not to smoke or let anyone else smoke near a child who has asthma. | ||
14. If the parents of a child with asthma smoke outside the house, it won’t affect the child. | ||
15. If an asthmatic child gets the flu, you should apply the inhalers even if there’s no coughing or wheezing. | ||
16. Asthmatic children might have attacks that are severe enough to require hospitalization in an intensive care unit or they might even die from an attack. | ||
17. Some medications for asthma don’t work unless they’re administered every day.a | X | |
18. With preventer medications, it does not matter if some doses are missed or if you go on and off them.a | X | |
19. You should use ‘preventer medication’ when you have an asthma attack. | ||
20. Parents should give ‘reliever medication’ to a child as soon as they recognize the first sign of asthma. | ||
21. Blue puffer (Ventolin), Brown puffer (Flixotide), and Green puffer (Serevent) are called ‘preventer medications’, so they should be used everyday although you are well. |