ISAAC Asthma Questions (13-14 Year Old)

Reference

Asher, M. I., Keil, U., Anderson, H. R., Beasley, R., Crane, J., Martinez, F., ... & Stewart, A. W. (1995). International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC): rationale and methods. The European respiratory journal, 8(3), 483–491. https://doi.org/10.1183/09031936.95.08030483

List of questions

Section	Question number	Question	Original 20-item version 13–14 year old	8-item version
A. Wheezing module	1	Have you ever had wheezing or whistling in the chest at any time in the past?	✓
	2	Have you had wheezing or whistling in the chest in the last 12 months?	✓	✓
	3	How many attacks of wheezing have you had in the last 12 months?	✓	✓
	4	In the last 12 months, how often, on average, has your sleep been disturbed due to wheezing?	✓
	5	In the last 12 months, has wheezing ever been severe enough to limit your speech to only one or two words at a time between breaths?	✓
	6	Have you ever had asthma?	✓	✓
	7	In the last 12 months, has your chest sounded wheezy during or after exercise?	✓
	8	In the last 12 months, have you had a dry cough at night, apart from a cough associated with a cold or a chest infection?	✓
B. Rhinitis module	9	Have you ever had a problem with sneezing, or a runny, or a blocked nose when you DID NOT have a cold or the flu?	✓	✓
	10	In the past 12 months, have you had a problem with sneezing, or a runny, or a blocked nose when you DID NOT have a cold or the flu?	✓	✓
	11	In the past 12 months, has this nose problem been accompanied by itchy-watery eyes?	✓	✓
	12	In which of the past 12 months did this nose problem occur?	✓
	13	In the past 12 months, how much did this nose problem interfere with your daily activities?	✓
	14	Have you ever had hay fever?	✓
C. Eczema module	15	Have you ever had an itchy rash which was coming and going for at least 6 months?	✓
	16	Have you had this itchy rash at any time in the last 12 months?	✓
	17	Has this itchy rash at any time affected any of the following places: the folds of the elbows, behind the knees, in front of the ankles, under the buttocks, or around the neck, ears or eyes?	✓	✓
	18	Has this rash cleared completely at any time during the last 12 months?	✓
	19	In the last 12 months, how often, on average, have you been kept awake at night by this itchy rash?	✓
	20	Have you ever had eczema?	✓	✓

Use of this scale in CLOSER Discovery study questionnaires and datasets

Version	Study	Year	Questionnaire	Database
Original 20-item version 13–14 year old	SWS	-	11-13 Year Child	-
8-item scale	SWS	1998-2007	Early Pregnancy Questionnaire	Early Pregnancy Questionnaire Dataset