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Adherence to follow-up recommendations in asthma

¹ Máxima Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Veldhoven, The Netherlands
² Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), Utrecht University, The Netherlands
³ Department of Health Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
⁴ Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care and Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
⁵ Pediatric Infectious Disease, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
⁶ Pediatric Pulmonology, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
⁷ Asthma Center Heideheuvel, Department of Pediatrics, Hilversum, The Netherlands

Correspondence to:
Dr R van Gent, Máxima Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, PO Box 7777, 5500 MB, Veldhoven, The Netherlands; R.vanGent{at}mmc.nl

A cross-sectional study showed that 130 out of 1758 (8%) primary school children without a previous asthma diagnosis had undiagnosed asthma. Thirty-eight per cent of their parents refused to visit a general practitioner for this disorder. Factors associated with the refusal were high maternal education, mild symptoms and absence of airway reversibility.