DEVELOPMENT OF AN ASTHMA SCREENING INSTRUMENT TOOL FOR USE WITH PARENTS OF CHILDREN WHO PRESENTED WITH ALLERGY SYMPTOMS

Studies have shown that in general parents may not be familiar with the early symptoms of asthma in children. The purpose of this project was to develop a screening questionnaire for parents of children who presented to care with symptoms of allergy and asthma. The theoretical framework used was Ernestine Weidenbach’s theory titled, “The helping Art of Clinical Nursing”. An asthma symptom screening questionnaire tool was developed by this researcher and was evaluated by three professional specialists for content validity. A five item Likert scale was used to determine usefulness of the asthma screening questionnaire. The results were presented in both narrative and table format.