Table 2.

Items related to the factors of the Primary Care Functions of Family Physicians in Childhood Asthma scale and analysis results for the items

Items	Mean score	SD	Factor loading	Item-total correlation coefficient	Spearman–Brown coefficient	Cronbach’s α coefficient
Factor 1: Functions of accessibility, first contact and continuity					0.916	0.945
1: I go to the FP first when my child has health problems other than asthma (sore throat, fever, vomiting, etc.)	3.21	1.36	0.652	0.691
2: I can easily access FP on foot or by car	4.05	1.21	0.831	0.813
3: I can see the FP or talk over the phone on the same day when I need advice about my child’s health during office hours	3.38	1.42	0.727	0.686
4: The payments we make for visits to the FP for my child and the prescribed drugs do not create a burden on our budget	3.60	1.35	0.686	0.561
5: The FP allocates sufficient time for me when I go to his/her office for my child	3.81	1.38	0.856	0.860
6: I can easily ask the FP about anything that comes to mind when I visit his/her office for my child’s problem	4.03	1.37	0.929	0.917
7: If there is anything I do not understand in the FP’s explanations I can ask him/her to repeat	4.06	1.37	0.937	0.899
8: I think the FP understands me when I say or ask something about my child	3.99	1.38	0.918	0.887
9: When necessary, the FP refers to other healthcare facilities and physicians related to my child’s asthma	3.75	1.46	0.765	0.775
Factor 2: Functions of coordination and comprehensiveness of health services related to asthma management					0.905	0.917
1: The FP informs the specialist we visit for asthma about my child’s health, the examinations previously done, etc.	1.33	0.72	0.613	0.605
2: After my child has received care related to asthma from specialist, the FP talks to me about what has been done in that visit	2.32	1.24	0.597	0.702
3: The FP wants to see the results of the examinations conducted at other health institutions for asthma and all the documents related to my child’s health	1.66	1.05	0.846	0.854
4: The FP records the results of these examinations and the health-related documents	1.46	0.87	0.832	0.839
5: The FP explains to me the results of these examinations in a way that I can understand	1.70	1.21	0.844	0.817
6: The FP demonstrates how my child will use asthma devices and medications	1.68	1.00	0.578	0.668
7: The FP calls my child to check for asthma at regular intervals, even if he/she does not have asthma attack	1.16	0.49	0.716	0.617
8: If/when my child has asthma attack, I receive emergency care service for this attack from the FP	1.44	0.80	0.687	0.671
9: The FP gives us/caregiver/teacher information notes about what to do when my child has an asthma attack	1.42	0.75	0.735	0.768
Factor 3: Provision of preventive care related to asthma					0.690	0.867
1: The FP gives information about the factors causing my child’s asthma attacks	1.86	1.14	0.725	0.867
2: The FP questions the environmental (allergens, cigarette smoke, air pollution, infections, drugs, foods, food additives and exercise), psychological (stress and emotional changes) and social factors that cause my child’s asthma attacks	1.71	1.10	0.753	0.915
3: The FP questions the domestic factors causing my child’s asthma attacks	1.67	1.08	0.741	0.905
4: The FP or nurse/midwife working with him/her visits our home and evaluates the home conditions for factors that cause asthma attacks	1.10	0.43	0.591	0.445
5: The FP measures height and weight of my child to follow his/her growth and development	1.38	0.91	0.583	0.421
Factor 4: Provision of services for paid vaccinations					0.707	0.707
1: I get my child’s influenza/pneumonia vaccines done at the FP center	1.52	1.10	0.878	0.546
2: The FP gives information and suggestions about special vaccines that my child should get such as influenza and pneumonia	1.89	1.10	0.610	0.546

FP=family physician.