Table 2 Development of tool to assess patient judgment skills on asthma self-management competencies
You are fond of animals, and you a have a cat at home. Your doctor has discovered that one of the triggers of your asthma is your cat. Therefore he advised you to give away the cat, because it is damaging your health. | |||||
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Please, mark the adequacy level of each of the response options below: | |||||
Adequate | Rather adequate | Rather inadequate | Inadequate | ||
a. | I would not follow the doctor’s advice because I believe that the cat is not related to my asthma. | □ | □ | □ | □ |
b. | I would follow the doctor’s advice and give away the cat. | □ | □ | □ | □ |
c. | I would ask the doctor if there is any other alternative. | □ | □ | □ | □ |
d. | I would increase the use of my medicine to reduce the symptoms caused by my cat. | □ | □ | □ | □ |