氣喘嚴重度能鞤助我們瞭解病童的疾病治療反應，但是因為缺乏有效的病童氣喘居家評估工具，使得氣喘嚴重度的評估變成多數研究者和臨床醫生的挑戰。本研究目的為檢定中譯版兒童氣喘症狀量表(C-PASS)之信、效度，確認其在臨床或研究上的可利用性。第一階段，先商請五名懂雙語、碩士級的護理師檢視中譯版兒童氣喘症狀量表與英文版內容的一致性；第二階段，再建立中譯版量表的內在一致性信度與折半信度，內容效度、效標關聯效度和建構效度；共有70位病童母親完成中譯版兒童氣喘症狀量表（八個題項），病童的平均年齡為8.35歲（65.7%為男童）。研究發現：（一）C-PASS的內在一致性信度與折半信度皆為.87；（二）C-PASS中每一題的內容效度指標（切題性/易懂性/語句適當性）有 80%以上的專家認同；（三）C-PASS得分與母親的生活失控感成正相關(r=.273, p=.022)，顯示中譯版兒童氣喘症狀量表具有效標關聯效度；（四）因素分析C-PASS得分指出，此量表乃由兩個構面所組成，共可解釋67.92%的得分變異，且構面間有高度相關(r=.413, p=.000)。由結果可知，C-PASS對台灣的氣喘兒童而言是一份具有良好信、效度的測量工具，可作為臨床上確認兒童氣喘嚴重度以提供介入措施的有效評估工具。

As a construct, asthmatic severity provides a framework to understand the different reaction in children to their condition. Assessing asthmatic severity is a challenging task for most researchers and clinicians due to a lack of valid instruments to measure the severity of asthma of children in home settings. The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of a Chinese version of the Pediatric Asthma Symptoms Scale (C-PASS) as applied to an ethnic Chinese population in Taiwan. Firstly, five pediatric nurses holding masters' degrees assessed consistency between Chinese and English versions of the Pediatric Asthma Symptoms Scale. Secondly, internal consistent reliability, split-half reliability, content validity, criterion-related validity, and construct validity were established. An 8-item C-PASS was completed by mothers of 70 children (65.7% boys) of ages 8.35 years. Both the internal consistency and Guttman split-half reliability were .87. The content validity index (CVI) was over .80. The correlation coefficient between C-PASS and concurrent measures of the rating of lost control of life by mothers was .273 (p = .022). The criterion-related validity was supported for C-PASS. Factor analysis indicated that a scale of two dimensions accounted for 67.92% of the variance. A high inter-correlation was further identified between these two dimensions. Results showed C-PASS to be a reliable and valid instrument when used on Taiwanese children with asthma. It can serve as a valuable assessment tool in clinical practice to identify asthmatic severity levels for which intervention is advised.