Development, Validation, and Application of a Questionnaire to Study Asthma Triggers among Saudi Arabian Children and Assessment of Parental Awareness
Asthma is the most common chronic paediatric respiratory condition and represents a huge burden on society. This research highlights the development of a modified asthma-trigger index for validly and reliably identifying asthma triggers in the Saudi Arabia; demonstrates that psychological triggers,...
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| author | Balharith, Fahad |
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| description | Asthma is the most common chronic paediatric respiratory condition and represents a huge burden on society. This research highlights the development of a modified asthma-trigger index for validly and reliably identifying asthma triggers in the Saudi Arabia; demonstrates that psychological triggers, as well as Saudi specific triggers are highly prevalent and impactful triggers of asthma among Saudi children; and illustrates a lack of parental awareness about childhood asthma triggers which could be enhanced to improve asthma control. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-807662020-08-27T08:47:33Z Development, Validation, and Application of a Questionnaire to Study Asthma Triggers among Saudi Arabian Children and Assessment of Parental Awareness Balharith, Fahad Asthma is the most common chronic paediatric respiratory condition and represents a huge burden on society. This research highlights the development of a modified asthma-trigger index for validly and reliably identifying asthma triggers in the Saudi Arabia; demonstrates that psychological triggers, as well as Saudi specific triggers are highly prevalent and impactful triggers of asthma among Saudi children; and illustrates a lack of parental awareness about childhood asthma triggers which could be enhanced to improve asthma control. 2019 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80766 Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Balharith, Fahad Development, Validation, and Application of a Questionnaire to Study Asthma Triggers among Saudi Arabian Children and Assessment of Parental Awareness |
| title | Development, Validation, and Application of a Questionnaire to Study Asthma Triggers among Saudi Arabian Children and Assessment of Parental Awareness |
| title_full | Development, Validation, and Application of a Questionnaire to Study Asthma Triggers among Saudi Arabian Children and Assessment of Parental Awareness |
| title_fullStr | Development, Validation, and Application of a Questionnaire to Study Asthma Triggers among Saudi Arabian Children and Assessment of Parental Awareness |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development, Validation, and Application of a Questionnaire to Study Asthma Triggers among Saudi Arabian Children and Assessment of Parental Awareness |
| title_short | Development, Validation, and Application of a Questionnaire to Study Asthma Triggers among Saudi Arabian Children and Assessment of Parental Awareness |
| title_sort | development, validation, and application of a questionnaire to study asthma triggers among saudi arabian children and assessment of parental awareness |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80766 |