What is it about?
This study is about the Primary care fUnctions oF Family physicians in Childhood Asthma (PUFFinCA) scale for evaluating the cardinal process functions of primary care services (accessibility, comprehensiveness, continuity and coordination) provided by family physicians in the management of childhood asthma. The results of the study showed that the newly developed PUFFinCA scale was successful in terms of validity and had excellent reliability.
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Why is it important?
The PUFFinCA scale is the first scale developed specifically for asthmatic children and evaluating the basic functions of family physicians. This scale may guide the evaluation of the needs of asthmatic children in terms of primary care. Even though this scale was developed in Turkey, it can be used for asthmatic children in all countries after local translation and cultural adaptation.
Perspectives
The PUFFinCa scale can be a PUFF for better breathing of asthmatic children.
Ayşe Nur Usturali Mut
Ankara University Medical School
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This page is a summary of: The PUFFinCA scale: development of an instrument for evaluating the primary care functions of family physicians in childhood asthma, Primary Health Care Research & Development, August 2018, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s1463423618000609.
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