Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Paediatrics, University Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. psr9900@hotmail.com
  • 2 Department of Social & Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Julius Centre University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. rafdzah@hotmail.com
  • 3 Department of Paediatrics, University Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. rachaelanne7@gmail.com
  • 4 Department of Paediatrics, University Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. andee25@gmail.com
  • 5 Department of Paediatrics, University Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. sabrina_rin89@yahoo.com
  • 6 Department of Paediatrics, University Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. egkahpeng@yahoo.com
  • 7 Department of Paediatrics, University Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. sy_kee2004@yahoo.com
  • 8 Department of Microbiology, University Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. cindysjteh@ummc.edu.my
  • 9 Department of Microbiology, University Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. kartini.abduljabar@ummc.edu.my
  • 10 Department of Biomedical Imaging, University Malaya Medical Centre, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. westcj@ummc.edu.my
  • 11 Department of Paediatrics, University Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. sthava@hotmail.com
  • 12 Department of Paediatrics, University Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. jessieadb@yahoo.com
PMID: 26338016 DOI: 10.1186/s12955-015-0336-z

Abstract

The Canadian Acute Respiratory Illness and Flu Scale (CARIFS) is a parent-proxy questionnaire that assesses severity of acute respiratory infections in children. The aim was to (a) perform a cross-cultural adaptation and (b) prove that the Malay CARIFS is a reliable tool.

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