Development of a symptom based outcome measure for asthma

Abstract

Measuring symptom specific health outcome is complex, but the methodologies now exist to develop measures with the appropriate properties. As one element of a major programme to develop multidomain health outcome measures for chronic disease, a symptom based measure for asthma care has been developed for use in general practice and outpatient departments. This article outlines the development process, which used a framework recently described in the theoretical literature to show the constraints that scientific criteria place on the development of outcome measures and the means of overcoming such limiting factors. Although substantial effort is required to undertake a rigorous process of development, useful tools are the result. Two five item, symptom based outcome measures for adult asthma are described.

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