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Pilot study

KW Kim Watkins
AB Aline Bourdin
MT Michelle Trevenen
KM Kevin Murray
PK Peter A Kendall
CS Carl R Schneider
RC Rhonda Clifford
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A pilot study was conducted in a community pharmacy in Perth, Western Australia, between March and May 2012. The aim was to assess the ease of recruiting participants with asthma from community pharmacies and the utility of the new composite Asthma Questionnaire. The pilot identified that patient recruitment was a challenge. Feedback from pharmacy staff and researcher assistants indicated that the length of the questionnaire was a barrier to patient involvement. Researcher assistants administering the questionnaire reported that patients had difficulties in completing the 60-item knowledge section (KASE-AQ—Knowledge, Attitude, and Self-Efficacy Asthma Questionnaire),64 and that it substantially added to the time to complete the Asthma Questionnaire.

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