The presentation of a short adapted questionnaire to measure asthma knowledge of parents.

Background: The aim of this study is to establish asthma knowledge of parents of children (0-18 years) with asthma at the outpatient clinic.

Methods: A translated and adapted a 21 item Likert type 5 point scale questionnaire (Cronbach's α-coefficient 0.73) was completed by 291 parents of children with asthma.