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Who remembers whether they had asthma as children?

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Burgess, John A., Walters, E. Haydn, Byrnes, Graham B., Wharton, Cathryn, Jenkins, Mark A., Abramson, Michael J., Hopper, John L., Dharmage, Shyamali C.·2006·Journal of Asthma
DOI 10.1080/02770900601028587
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PURPOSE: To assess misclassification in adults reporting childhood asthma. METHODS: The Tasmanian Asthma Survey commenced in 1968 when 8,583 7-year-old children attending school in Tasmania (participants) were studied. In 1991-1993, a stratified sample of 1,494 participants was studied. Their recall of childhood asthma was compared to their parents' prospectively gathered report. RESULTS: Where participants had childhood asthma, those with current asthma, severe eczema, or hay fever were less likely to misclassify while females were more likely to misclassify. Where participants had no childhood asthma, misclassification was associated with current asthma, hay fever, or allergies. CONCLUSIONS: Retrospective self-assessment of childhood asthma is unreliable.

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  • For adults, prospectively collected data on childhood asthma status can minimize the risk of recall bias, whereas retrospective recall typically misclassifies relapsed childhood asthma as late-onset asthma and preferentially favors those who have more severe childhood disease.

    “For adults, prospectively collected data on childhood asthma status can minimize the risk of recall bias, otherwise retrospective recall typically misclassifies relapsed childhood asthma as late-onset asthma and preferentially favors those who have more severe childhood disease (20).”

    From Epidemiology of Asthma in Children and Adults (2019) · cites this paper as [20]

  • Asthma/wheeze status in early life is often forgotten by adults leading to misclassification of "true" adult-onset asthma.

    “However, asthma/wheeze status in early life is often forgotten by adults leading to misclassification of “true” adult-onset asthma (20).”

    From Epidemiology of Asthma in Children and Adults (2019) · cites this paper as [20]

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Authors
Burgess, J. A., Walters, E. H., Byrnes, G. B., Wharton, C., Jenkins, M. A., Abramson, M. J., Hopper, J. L., & Dharmage, S. C.
Affiliations
  • The University of Melbourne (AU)
  • University of Tasmania (AU)
  • Monash University (AU)
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Asthma
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2006-01
Volume
43
Issue
10
Pages
727-730
ISSN
  • 0277-0903 (ISSN-L)
  • 1532-4303
DOI
10.1080/02770900601028587
OpenAlex
W2037609443
Cited by
37
References
22
Citations by year
2025: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
FWCI
2.21
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by
Locations
  • Journal of Asthma (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UTAS Research Repository (acceptedVersion)
  • eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania) (submittedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • ResearchOnline@ND (The University of Notre Dame) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation
  • University of Melbourne
  • Medical Research Council
  • National Health and Medical Research Council
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Survey Methodology and Nonresponse
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
Keywords
childhood asthma, retrospective recall, misclassification, self-reported asthma, atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, asthma severity, sex differences
MeSH terms
Adult, Asthma, Child, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Male, Medical Records, Memory, Parents, Surveys and Questionnaires, Tasmania, Odds Ratio, Age of Onset

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