Asthma Sleep Disturbance Questionnaire (ASDQ)

Asthma-specific

Measure domains: Disability, Nocturnal Symptoms, Daytime Symptoms, Chest Pain

Summary of development: Four experienced clinicians were consulted about common symptoms experienced by pediatric asthma patients. From the feedback from the experts, 34 statements were developed, duplicate themes were removed, and 26 were left. Parents of children with asthma were recruited at medical providers’ offices to complete the questionnaire and provide feedback. After considering parents’ feedback, the number of items in the measure were reduced to 17. Further testing on the ASDQ was done with children’s parents recruited at pediatricians’ offices. 164 completed surveys were returned to the clinic. One statement “Taking his/her inhaler has interrupted my child’s life” was removed because 70% of parents answered “Not at all” to this statement. The data was analyzed, and four domains were identified: Disability, Nocturnal Symptoms, Daytime Symptoms and one question about Chest Pain.