Introduction

We are asking parents and guardians of children with asthma to share their experiences.

This short, anonymous survey takes around 5 minutes and will help us highlight the realities of childhood asthma in Ireland.

Your responses will inform our awareness, advocacy and media work during Asthma Awareness Week (4–10 May 2026) and beyond.

All responses are anonymous and will not include any identifying information.

You can choose to enter a €100 One4All voucher prize draw at the end. Contact details are collected separately and not linked to your responses.

The survey will close on 24 April.
Section 1: About your child with asthma

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* 1. Which county does your child live in?

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* 2. How old is your child?

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* 3. What sex is your child?

Section 2: Diagnosis

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* 4. At what age was your child diagnosed with asthma?

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* 5. How long after you noticed symptoms did your child receive an asthma diagnosis?

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* 6. Which of the below best describes your child’s initial diagnosis?

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* 7. How confident are you that your child was correctly diagnosed with asthma?

Section 3: Daily life with asthma

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* 8. On average, how often in the past 12 months has your child experienced asthma symptoms (coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness)?

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* 9. How frequently in the past 12 months has your child experienced an asthma attack?

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* 10. How many times in the past 12 months has your child been hospitalised due to asthma?

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* 11. In the past 3 months, has asthma affected your child in any of the following ways?
(Select all that apply)

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* 12. In the past 12 months, how many school days has your child missed due to asthma?

Section 4: Impact on families

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* 13. Has managing your child's asthma affected you in any of the following ways? (Select all that apply)

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* 14. How often do you worry about your child having an asthma attack?

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* 15. To what extent does your child worry about the following?

  Always Often Sometimes Rarely Never
Having an asthma attack
Having an asthma attack in public
Using their inhaler/spacer in public
Sports or other activities triggering their asthma
Section 5: Asthma management/treatment

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* 16. How confident do you feel about managing your child's asthma?

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* 17. Which of the following medication does your child use to manage their asthma? (Select all that apply)

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* 18. Apart from when they’re exercising or playing sports, how often, on average, does your child use a reliever/rescue inhaler?

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* 19. Do you have personalised asthma management plan for your child?

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* 20. Where have you learned how to manage your child's asthma? (Check all that apply)

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* 21. Have you experienced difficulties accessing asthma care for your child in the past 12 months (e.g. GP appointments, specialist services, tests or reviews)

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* 22. Has your child had to forego asthma medication in the past 3 months due to financial constraints?

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* 23. How often does your child refuse their asthma medications when they are not symptomatic?

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* 24. If your child refuses their asthma medications, what reason do they give?

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* 25. What has been the most challenging part of managing your child’s asthma?

Section 6: MART treatment
Maintenance and Reliever Therapy (MART) uses a single inhaler containing both reliever and controller/preventer medicine to be used daily and as needed.

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* 26. Before today, had you heard of MART (Maintenance and Reliever Therapy) combination inhalers for asthma?

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* 27. Does/would using one inhaler for both prevention and relief make asthma management easier?

Section 7: Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)

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* 28. What is your level of awareness around Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)?

Section 8: Consent to use anonymised quotes

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* 29. I understand that the Asthma Society of Ireland may use anonymous quotes from my survey responses in communications such as social media, website content, reports, and email newsletters, and that these quotes will not include any identifying information.

Section 9: Prize Draw (optional)

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* 30. As a thank you for taking part in this survey, you can choose to enter a prize draw to win a €100 One4All voucher. If you would like to enter the draw, please provide your contact details below. These details will only be used to contact the winner and will not be linked to your survey responses.
Would you like to be entered into the prize draw?

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* 31. If yes, provide your name, email address and phone number

Section 10: Share your story (optional)

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* 32. Would you be willing to share more about your experience for Asthma Awareness Week?

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* 33. If yes, provide your name, email address and phone number

Section 10: Adviceline support (optional)

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* 34. Would you like us to get in touch to arrange a FREE Asthma Adviceline call for you to support you in managing your child’s asthma? If you provide your contact details here, our admin team will be in touch to arrange an phone appointment with our specialist asthma nurse at a time that is convenient to you.

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* 35. If yes, provide your name, email address and phone number

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