ArticleArchives of disease in childhood2000
What do parents of wheezy children understand by "wheeze"?
Article in Archives of disease in childhood, 2000. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 85 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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85 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 311 citations in OpenAlex.
- Systematic review of clinical prediction models to support the diagnosis of asthma in primary care.NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2019Pooled it
- Atopic dermatitis, asthma and allergic rhinitis in general practice and the open population: a systematic review.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2016Pooled it
- Wheeze as an adverse event in pediatric vaccine and drug randomized controlled trials: A systematic review.Vaccine · 2015Pooled it
- Interrelationships between Atopic Disorders in Children: A Meta-Analysis Based on ISAAC Questionnaires.PloS one · 2015Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions used to reduce exposure to house dust and their effect on the development and severity of asthma.Environmental health perspectives · 2007Pooled it
- Measuring the Severity of Respiratory Illness in the First 2 Years of Life in Preterm and Term Infants.The Journal of pediatrics · 2019Trial
- Individual risk assessment tool for school-age asthma prediction in UK birth cohort.Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2019Trial
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- Signs and symptoms that precede wheezing in children with a pattern of moderate-to-severe intermittent wheezing.The Journal of pediatrics · 2009Trial
- Improving asthma control assessment and outcomes in children with asthma using an artificial intelligence digital tool: a prospective multicentre cohort study.ERJ open research · 2026Article
- Childhood asthma in Uganda: experiences of healthcare providers and caregivers in diagnosis and management. A FRESH AIR qualitative study.NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2026Article
- Improving the management and outcomes of preschool wheeze: protocol of a prospective multicentre cohort study.BMJ open respiratory research · 2026Article
- Understanding and Managing Viral-Induced Wheezing in Children: The Role of Parental Knowledge.Journal of asthma and allergy · 2025Article
- Agreement of parent- and child-reported wheeze and its association with measurable asthma traits.Pediatric pulmonology · 2021Article
- The impact of a digital wheeze detector on parental disease management of pre-school children suffering from wheezing-a pilot study.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2021Article
- Challenging the paradigm: moving from umbrella labels to treatable traits in airway disease.Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2021Review
- Wheeze Recognition Algorithm for Remote Medical Care Device in Children: Validation Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2021Article
- Preschool Wheezing and Gastro-Esophageal Reflux: --Causal or Casual Coincidence? Update from Literature.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Airway bacterial carriage and childhood respiratory health: A population-based prospective cohort study.Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology · 2020Article
- Respiratory, birth and health economic measures for use with Indigenous Australian infants in a research trial: a modified Delphi with an Indigenous panel.BMC pediatrics · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundReported wheeze is the cornerstone of asthma diagnosis.
aimsTo determine what parents understand by wheeze.
methodsTwo studies were undertaken: (1) Parents of clinic attendees with reported wheeze (n=160) were asked by questionnaire what they understood by "wheeze" and how they knew their child was wheezy. Responses were compared to definitions of wheeze in 12 epidemiology studies and their response options. (2) The extent of agreement of parents' reports (n=139) of acute wheezing in their children and clinicians' findings of "wheeze" and "asthma" was examined.
results(1) "Sound" and "difficulty in breathing" were perceived central to "wheeze". "What you hear" was not selected by 23% (95% confidence interval (CI) 16-30%). "Whistling" was mentioned by 11% (CI 6-15%) but featured in 11 of 12 epidemiology questionnaires. (2) There was les than 50% agreement between parents' and clinicians' reports of wheeze and asthma.
conclusionsConceptual understandings of "wheeze" for parents of children with reported wheeze are different from epidemiology definitions. Parents' reports of acute wheeze and clinicians' findings also differ.
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