ISAAC Asthma Questions (6-7 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

SectionQuestion number Question Original 22-item version 6–7 year old17-item Asthma and Wheezing version11-item version6-item version6-item version (1)4-item Eczema version
A. Wheezing module 1Has your child ever had wheezing or whistling in the chest at any time in the past?✓✓



2Has your child had wheezing or whistling in the chest in the last 12 months?✓✓✓✓✓
3How many attacks of wheezing has your child had in the last 12 months?✓✓



4In the last 12 months, how often, on average, has your child's sleep been disturbed due to wheezing?✓✓✓✓✓
5In the last 12 months, has wheezing ever been severe enough to limit your child's speech to only one or two words at a time between breaths?✓✓



6Has your child ever had asthma?✓✓



7In the last 12 months, has your child's chest sounded wheezy during or after exercise?✓✓



8In the last 12 months, has your child had a dry cough at night, apart from a cough associated with a cold or a chest infection?✓✓



B. Rhinitis module9Has your child ever had a problem with sneezing, or a runny, or a blocked nose when he/she DID NOT have a cold or the flu?✓




10In the past 12 months, has your child had a problem with sneezing, or a runny, or a blocked nose when he/she DID NOT have a cold or the flu?✓




11In the past 12 months, has this nose problem been accompanied by itchy-watery eyes?✓




12In which of the past 12 months did this nose problem occur?✓




13In the past 12 months, how much did this nose problem interfere with your child's daily activities?✓




14Has your child ever had hay fever? âœ“




C. Eczema module 15Has your child ever had an itchy rash which was coming and going for at least 6 months?✓




16Has your child had this itchy rash at any time in the last 12 months?✓
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17Has 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?✓
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18Has this rash cleared completely at any time during the last 12 months?✓




19At what age did this itchy rash first occur?✓
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20Has this rash cleared completely at any time during the last 12 months?✓




21In the last 12 months, how often, on average, has your child been kept awake at night by this itchy rash?✓




22Has your child ever had eczema? âœ“




Items which are not included in the original version 

23Was the asthma diagnosed by a doctor?
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24How old was he/she when he/she was first diagnosed (with asthma)?
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25Has he/she ever been admitted to hospital for asthma?
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26Has he/she received inhalers or other medication for asthma prescribed by a doctor in the past 12 months?
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27Were these wheezy or whistling episodes associated with colds?
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28Has he/she ever wheezed or whistled in the chest between colds?
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29At what age did your child last wheeze?
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30Has your child ever been prescribed an asthma reliever inhaler?
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31Did it help his/her breathing (wheezing or coughing) to improve?
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32Has he/she been diagnosed by a doctor as having had pneumonia or bronchiolitis?

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33Has he/she been diagnosed by a doctor as having had bronchitis or chest infection?

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34Has he/she been treated with an antibiotic syrup for an infection?

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35In the past 12 months, has he/she had any episodes or croup or croupy cough?



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36Has he/she suffered from a generally dry skin?

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Use of this scale in CLOSER Discovery study questionnaires and datasets

VersionStudyYearQuestionnaireDatabase
17-item Asthma and Wheezing versionSWS-6-7 Year Home Questionnaire-
11-item versionSWS2002-20113 Year Child Questionnaire3 Year Child Questionnaire Dataset
6-item versionSWS2000-200912 Months Infancy Questionnaire

12 Month Infancy Questionnaire Dataset

6-item version (1)SWS2001-201024 Months Child Questionnaire

24 Month Child Questionnaire Dataset

4-item Eczema versionSWS1999-20086 Months Infancy Questionnaire

6 Month Infancy Questionnaire Dataset