Journal article
Agreement in reporting of asthma by parents or offspring - the RHINESSA generation study
IN Kuiper, C Svanes, B Benediktsdottir, RJ Bertelsen, L Bråbäck, SC Dharmage, M Holm, C Janson, R Jögi, A Malinovschi, M Matheson, JM Moratalla, FG Real, JL Sánchez-Ramos, V Schlünssen, S Timm, A Johannessen
BMC Pulmonary Medicine | BMC | Published : 2018
Abstract
Background: Self-report questionnaires are commonly used in epidemiology, but may be susceptible to misclassification, especially if answers are given on behalf of others, e.g. children or parents. The aim was to determine agreement and analyse predictors of disagreement in parents' reports of offspring asthma, and in offspring reports of parents' asthma. Methods: In the Respiratory Health in Northern Europe, Spain and Australia (RHINESSA) generation study, 6752 offspring (age range 18-51years) and their parents (age range 39-66years) reported their own and each other's asthma status. Agreement between asthma reports from offspring and parents was determined by calculating sensitivity, speci..
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Awarded by Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the following funding: The first author received a recruitment grant from Western Norway Regional Health Authorities (grant No 912011). The RHINESSA generation study has received funding from Norwegian Research Council, Bergen Medical Research Foundation, Western Norway Regional Health Authorities, Norwegian Labor Inspection, Wood Foundation, Danish Working Environment Authority, Swedish Lung Foundation, Swedish Asthma and Allergy Foundation, Estonian Research Council PUT No 562, Australian National Health Medical Research Council, Sociedad Espanola de Neumologia y Cirurgia Toracica. For more information, please see www.rhinessa.net.