Vermont Asthma Program: BRFSS Asthma Survey Questions

Asthma Questions by Data Source and Year
Healthy Vermonters 2010 Goals BRFSS Survey Questions 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Adults
Ever told you have asthma? X X X X X
Still have asthma? X X X X X
Number of visits to ER/urgent care for asthma in past year? X X X
Yes Health professional advised you about how to recognize asthma attack symtpoms and what to do? X
Yes Written plan for asthma? X
What written plan includes:
Yes Ways to reduce triggers X
Yes Regular medicines X
Yes Asthma attack medicines X
Yes When to call doctor X
Yes When to go to ER X
Age when told you had asthma for first time X
Asthma episode or attack during past 12 months X X
Number of times saw doctor/health professional for urgent treatment of worsening asthma symptoms in past 12 months X X
Number of times saw doctor/health professioanl for routine visits for asthma in past 12 months X X
how many days unable to work/usual activites because of asthma? X X
How many days (last 30 days) had asthma symptoms? X X
How many days symptoms made sleeping difficult (past 30 days)? X
How many days took prescribed asthma meds (in last 30 days)? X X
Children
Number of children in household ever diagnosed with asthma? X X X
Number of children in household who still have asthma? X X X
Are you knowledgeable about the medical care received by the child/children with asthma? X
How long has it been since child’s parent or guardian last talked with doctor or other health professional about child’s ashtma? X
Yes Health professional advised you about how to recognize asthma attack symptoms/signs ? X
Yes Health professional advised you about how to respond to episodes of asthma? X
Health professional advised you about how to monitor peak flow for daily therapy? X
Yes Written plan for asthma? X
What written plan includes:
Yes Ways to reduce triggers
Yes regular medicines
Yes Asthma attack medicines
Yes When to call doctor
Yes When to go to ER
Adult Tobacco Survey Questions
Ever told you have asthma? X X
Still have asthma? X X
Number of visits to ER/urgent care for asthma in past year? X
Number of times saw doctor/health professional for routine visits for asthma in past 12 months? X
In past 30 days, how often did you take asthma medications prescribed by a doctor? X
In past 30 days, how often did you have symtoms of asthma? X
Youth Tobacco Survey Questions
Ever told you have asthma? X
Still have asthma? X
Number of visits to ER/urgent care for asthma in past year? X
Number of times saw doctor/health professional for routine visits for asthma in past 12 months? X
in past year, how often did you take asthma medications prescribed by a doctor? X

For more information about the Vermont asthma surveillance system, please contact:

Allison Lapointe, MPH
Asthma Epidemiologist
Vermont Deparment of Health
802-863-7654
alapoin@vdh.state.vt.us