Description: The Work-related Asthma Screening Questionnaire – Long Version (WRASQ(L)™) is a work-related screening questionnaire for use in primary care. The WRASQ(L)™ includes several items from the LHF Asthma Care Map, plus additional symptom questions, current and past occupations and exposures, and the use of personal protective equipment. The WRASQ(L)™ is available on AsthmaLife®.
Access Instructions :
Owner/Author:
Dr. M. D. Lougheed and the Asthma Research Unit, Kingston Health Science Center at Queen's University
Year:
2015
Patient Population:
Adult
Supporting Evidence:
The development and test re-test reliability of a work-related asthma screening questionnaire, The use of a work-related Asthma screening questionnaire in a primary care asthma program: An intervention Trial, Implementation of a work-related asthma screening questionnaire in clinical settings: multimethods study
Format:
PDF
Relevant Quality
Statement:
Diagnosis
Decision Support Guidance
Who might use this tool?
- Primary Care Physicians
- General Practitioners
- Nurse Practitioners
- Certified Respiratory Educators
- Nurses
- Patients
When might they use this tool?
- When a patient has indicated that they work/worked in an occupation that is known to be a cause for work-related asthma
- During a clinical visit, or given to the patient to complete before/after a clincal visit
Why might they use this tool?
- To identify if a patient’s asthma is work-related in nature
- To access a condensed questionnaire that is seamlessly linked into already active asthma reporting systems, proving it to be an effective and efficient tool for identifying work-related asthma (i.e., there is a seamless link to AMOMS, ARGI and OSCAR)
What are important considerations when using this tool?
- This is an AsthmaLife eTool that is used at Kingston HSC clinics, in the Asthma Education Centre, in OSCAR, and at 50 ARGI primary care sites
- This tool may be useful for a care provider to speak with their patients about changes that may help them better manage their asthma (e.g., wearing personal protective equipment at work)
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