Assessment of health-related quality of life in asthmatic children and their caregivers

El-Gendi, Soad Darwish; Mostafa, Sohad Abdel-Asis; Walli, Mohamed Hatem; Hassan, Omaima Mahmoud; Elawady, Mona Ahmed; Omar, Doaa Ibrahim Ahmed

doi:10.5455/ijmsph.2017.0638206122016

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“…This means that Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) was affected by the level of asthma control especially the physical activity as engagement in sports and exercises. This agrees with El Gendi et al, [24], which was done in Benha, Egypt with a sample size of 125 pair (asthmatic child and his caregiver). On the other hand, we didn’t find any significant difference between the two asthmatic groups about the emotional function score which may be due to small sample size this is opposite to what had been found in study results of La Scala et al, [25] despite their sample was 56 but they were assesses at least twice at different times, their study took place at Department of Pediatrics of Universidad Federal de São Paulo, Brazil.…”

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Relation of Asthma Control with Quality of Life among a Sample of Egyptian Asthmatic School Children

Elnady¹,

Sherif²,

Sabry³

et al. 2019

Open Access Maced J Med Sci

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BACKGROUND:Asthma is considered a chronic health illness that not only resulted in physical symptoms but also emotional effects. It is; therefore, so important to assess the quality of life of asthmatic patients besides their level of disease control.AIM:To determine the correlation of asthma control with the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of asthmatic children in Egypt.METHODS:One hundred and twenty-eight asthmatic Egyptian children were enrolled in the study. They were subjected to asthma severity grading, asthma control questionnaire (ACQ) and pediatric asthma quality of life questionnaire (PAQLQ). Studied cases were taken from 6 primary and preparatory schools, Giza governorate.RESULTS:The mean child control score was significantly higher in not well-controlled asthmatics compared to well-controlled asthmatics (p < 0.005). The not well controlled asthmatic children showed significantly lower activity limitation score, symptoms score, and overall asthmatic score compared to controlled asthmatic children (p < 0.05). The severity of asthma shows significant positive correlation with symptoms score, emotional function score and overall asthmatic score (p < 0.05).CONCLUSION:The quality of life for the asthmatic children is strongly correlated with the level of asthma control and severity.

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Relation of Asthma Control with Quality of Life among a Sample of Egyptian Asthmatic School Children

Elnady¹,

Sherif²,

Sabry³

et al. 2019

Open Access Maced J Med Sci

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“…In El Gendi et al study, they also found result similar to my study. 10 Our study has following limitations: (1) There is paucity of data regarding PedsQL in Indian population so cutoff regarding good and bad QOL is not available. (2) Single centre study.…”

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Assessment of quality of life in asthma patients in 5 to 18 years of children

Jain

Joshi

2020

Int J Contemp Pediatr

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Background: Asthma is a common cause of morbidity and mortality with prevalence of 300 million in world. The QOL of asthmatic patients cannot be determined only on the basis the severity of the disease, but requires a measurement of personal perception. This study was conducted with the aim to assess and compare the QOL using PedsQl scale in asthma patients between 5 to 18 years of age with different demographic and clinical variables.Methods: This was a cross-sectional observational study conducted at respiratory clinic in tertiary hospital, Rewa from October 2017 to June 2019. A total number of 150 asthmatic patients and their parents participated. Asthmatic patients (N=150) and their parents, presenting to asthma clinic of Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Rewa (after applying inclusion-exclusion criteria) were assessed for QOL using PedsQl scale 3.0. Statistical analysis was performed by SPSS version 20. Test of significance by student T-test and one way ANOVA.Results: The QOL is severely hampered by asthma with mean of 59 in intermittent asthma, 51 in mild, 44.74 in moderate and 40 in severe persistent asthma, significant p value of <0.05. Younger age, level of asthma control and severity were significantly related to QOL with p value of <0.05. Sex, socioeconomic status, were insignificantly related.Conclusions: QOL is impaired as the grading of asthma increases. Impairment of Quality of life are mostly associated with low level of asthma control, poly-therapy and frequent night attacks.

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“…[ 18 ] found that parents of older children had better QOL when compared with younger children. Furthermore, El-Gendi et al .,[ 8 ] revealed that older patients were associated with better QOL. Adolescents are recognized with their ability to handle the load of disease better than younger children due to their cognitive and emotional development.…”

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“…[ 7 ] Therefore, the fundamental evaluation of the health state of a child with asthma involves both usual clinical indices and HRQOL of both the child and the caregiver. [ 8 ]…”

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Assessment of quality of life of primary caregivers of Egyptian asthmatic children and adolescents

Elnady

Sherif

ElGindi

et al. 2020

Indian J Community Med

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Background: Asthma as a serious public health problem worldwide exerts a serious load on children's health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and their families. Objective: We assess the HRQOL of the primary caregivers of Egyptian asthmatic children and adolescents and its relation to HRQOL of their children and asthma severity. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 128 pairs of asthmatic children (7–16 years) and their primary caregivers. Pediatric asthma quality of life (QOL) questionnaire, pediatric asthma caregiver's QOL questionnaire, and asthma control questionnaire were used. Results: Uncontrolled asthmatic patients had statistically significantly lower mean caregiver score compared to controlled asthmatic ( P < 0.005). There was a statistically significant positive correlation between caregiver's individual and overall QOL scores and their children (individual and overall QOL scores) ( P < 0.05). A statistically significant negative correlation between asthma severity and QOL scores of the caregivers of asthmatic children and adolescents was found ( P < 0.05). Conclusion: The QOL of the primary caregivers of asthmatic children is significantly adversely affected by their children's illness severity.

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Assessment of health-related quality of life in asthmatic children and their caregivers

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Relation of Asthma Control with Quality of Life among a Sample of Egyptian Asthmatic School Children

Relation of Asthma Control with Quality of Life among a Sample of Egyptian Asthmatic School Children

Assessment of quality of life in asthma patients in 5 to 18 years of children

Assessment of quality of life of primary caregivers of Egyptian asthmatic children and adolescents

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