Evaluation of a Spanish language version of the Asthma Trigger Inventory.

Perceptions of asthma triggers provide important guidance for patients' disease management. A psychometrically valid instrument, the Asthma Trigger Inventory (ATI), is available in English and German language versions, however, a version in Spanish as major world language has been missing. A Spanish-language version of the ATI was evaluated in 339 adult patients with asthma, 223 of these in Peru and 107 in the USA.

Emotionally triggered asthma and its relationship to panic disorder, ataques de nervios, and asthma-related death of a loved one in Latino adults.

Objective: Research has demonstrated high comorbidity between asthma and panic disorder (PD). Less is known about the relationship between asthma and the Latino cultural idiom of distress of ataques de nervios, as well as the role that psychosocial stressors play. The current study tested the hypotheses that Latino asthma patients who experience PD, ataques de nervios, and/or asthma-related death of a loved one endorse greater psychological triggers of asthma, greater perceived impact of asthma triggers, and greater difficulty controlling such triggers than do those without these conditions.