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Prevalence of childhood asthma appears to be increasing worldwide. In Thailand, the prevalence of childhood asthma increased from 4.2% to 13% within the past decade. The last epidemiologic survey in Thailand utilized the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) phase I questionnaire translated into Thai language. Language in the questionnaire can affect the reliability and validity of results of the survey. The purpose of this study is to determine common Thai wordings actually used by Thai children and adolescents to describe wheeze, chest tightness, shortness of breath and dyspnea. Sixty asthmatic Thai children, aged 9.2–18 years with asthmatic attacks less than 1 yr prior to the study, and 178 age‐matched controls were recruited into the study. Asthmatic children spontaneously expressed their terms describing their asthma symptoms (in Thai) and then answered a preoutlined questionnaire regarding asthma terminology during an interview session after viewing the severe attack scene of the International ISAAC video questionnaire. Controls responded only to the preoutlined questionnaire after viewing the video scene. Of the 60 asthmatic children (38 males and

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Author

Suwannee Phankingthongkum; Tassalapa Daengsuwan; Nualanong Visitsunthorn; Visanu Thamlikitkul; Suthipol Udompunthuruk; Pakit Vichyanond

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley; Research Square (ISSN 0905-6157)

Published

2002

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)