The CARAT is a questionnaire that assesses a variety of potential risks for a child and then reports only those factors affecting that child.

The assessment takes about 6 or 7 minutes to fill out.

The CARAT scores asthma risks on 9 different factors of asthma risk and is greatly strengthened if skin test allergy data are available. (However, you can still receive helpful information from the assessment if your child does not have skin test allergy data or if it is not readily available.) The results of the CARAT are displayed in summary and graphical representations. The CARAT is meant to provide only a quick assessment that will point to areas that should be explored further.

After completing your first assessment, you have the option of saving it for later review. You do this by creating a user name and password. Once this is done you can return to the CARAT to review all of the assessments you have completed.

You can use the CARAT without saving your assessments. However, we offer this option for those who want to keep track of multiple assessments. This feature may be useful for asthma counselors who work with many families or by those who want to monitor their progress in reducing asthma risks in the home.

If you've forgotten your password we can email it to you if you used your email address as your User ID. Click here if you have forgotten your password.