Coexistent Chronic Conditions and Asthma Quality of Life

Adams, Robert; Wilson, David H.; Taylor, Anne; Daly, Alison; d’Espaignet, Edouard Tursan; Grande, Eleonora Dal; Ruffin, Richard E.

doi:10.1378/chest.129.2.285

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“…Evidence indicates that the impact of asthma is greater on the physical health component of quality of life than on mental health [8,40,41]. We found, however, that all asthma, regardless of work-related asthma status, had only a slightly greater impact on physical functioning than mental health.…”

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confidence: 63%

“…Therefore, the percentages with very poorly controlled asthma are likely underestimated. Moreover, generic measures of health-related quality of life such as what is used here may not be sensitive enough to detect changes specific to asthma [40]. However, such instruments allow broad comparisons of health-related quality of life for many different disease states and have been shown to be valid [15,25,41].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Health-related quality of life among adults with work-related asthma in the United States

2012

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Purpose-The objective of this study was to examine health-related quality of life among adults with work-related asthma. Methods-We analyzed 2006-2009 Behavioral RiskFactor Surveillance System Asthma Callback Survey data for ever-employed adults with current asthma from 38 states and District of Columbia. Individuals with work-related asthma had been told by a doctor or other health professional that their asthma was related to any job they ever had. Health-related quality of life indicators included poor self-rated health, impaired physical health, impaired mental health, and activity limitation. We calculated prevalence ratios (PRs) adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, income, employment, and health insurance.Results-Of ever-employed adults with current asthma, an estimated 9.0 % had work-related asthma, 26.9 % had poor self-rated health, 20.6 % had impaired physical health, 18.2 % had impaired mental health, and 10.2 % had activity limitation. Individuals with work-related asthma were significantly more likely than those with non-work-related asthma to have poor self-rated health [PR, 1.45; 95 % confidence interval (CI), 1.31-1.60], impaired physical health (PR, 1.60; 95 % CI, 1.42-1.80), impaired mental health (PR, 1.55; 95 % CI, 1.34-1.80), and activity limitation (PR, 2.16; 95 % CI, 1.81-2.56).Conclusions-Future research should examine opportunities to improve health-related quality of life among individuals with work-related asthma.G. E. Knoeller ipb8@cdc.gov. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article

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Health-related quality of life among adults with work-related asthma in the United States

2012

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“…In general, quality of life measures have been shown to correlate only moderately with clinical asthma status (National Asthma Education and Prevention Program, 2007). However, quality of life still continues to be a distinct component of asthma health status with its greatest impact seen more on the physical functioning component of quality of life than on the mental functioning (Adams et al, 2006;Juniper, Wisniewski et al, 2004;National Asthma Education and Prevention Program, 2007).…”

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“…A study by Adams et al (2006), which examined 834 adults with asthma, found that when asthma was present along with other chronic conditions such as diabetes, arthritis, heart disease, stroke, cancer, and osteoporosis, there was significant impairment in QOL in those over age 35, but not in younger adults. The findings by Adams et al (2006) suggest that co-morbidities, such as obesity, may not impact QOL until later in life.…”

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Quality of Life and Health Outcomes in Overweight and Non-Overweight Children With Asthma

Manion¹,

Velsor-Friedrich²

2017

Journal of Pediatric Health Care

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“…2 Quality of life and symptom burden surveys are often used in specialized healthcare settings to measure the clinical effect of asthma treatment. 3 Healthrelated quality of life surveys have also been used to determine the prevalence of asthma and its association with quality of life and functional status in the general population, 4 to measure asthma's contribution to the burden of ill health and impaired quality of life among individuals in a community, 2 to quantify the relative burden of asthma and allergic rhinitis among patients participating in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey 5 and as a function of gender and age in the general population, 6 and to document the asthma symptom burden among children attending asthma summer camps in the United States. 7 Although the literature reports uses population-based quality of life or symptom burden surveys to describe disease burden and prevalence in a community, it does not include the use of a population-based symptom burden survey to inform community-based programming or measure intermediate outcomes.…”

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Population-Based Assessment of Asthma Symptom Burden in Children

Carlson¹,

Nesvold

Liu

2011

J Urban Health

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The Minneapolis and St. Paul Controlling Asthma in American Cities Project (CAACP) used a school-based symptom survey to inform community-based programming and provide an intermediate outcome measure of progress toward reducing the burden of asthma. In collaboration with the two school districts, the project mailed the Child Asthma Short Form, a validated health-related quality of life instrument to parents of children in grades K-8 every other school year from 2003 to 2007. The survey was mailed to a randomly selected sample in four languages (English, Spanish, Hmong, and Somali). The overall response rate was 47%, 41%, and 32% for years 1, 3, and 5, respectively. Two out of three children for whom surveys were completed were children of minority populations; more than 50% were eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The changes in scores from the first round (2003)(2004) to the third round (2007)(2008) were statistically significant for daytime symptom burden (pG0.05). Improvements were noted, but not statistically significant, for nighttime symptoms and functional limitations. Children of some racial/ethnic minority groups and children eligible for free or reduced-price meals had the highest symptom burden. Findings were used to guide CAACP's program development and delivery to populations in greatest need. CAACP's experience in Minneapolis and St. Paul demonstrates the feasibility of administering a symptom burden survey at low cost and in compliance with school system and institutional review board requirements to maintain confidentiality. The symptom-based survey may be a useful tool to track trends and changes in health disparities at a community and population level.

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Coexistent Chronic Conditions and Asthma Quality of Life

Cited by 86 publications

References 19 publications

Health-related quality of life among adults with work-related asthma in the United States

Health-related quality of life among adults with work-related asthma in the United States

Quality of Life and Health Outcomes in Overweight and Non-Overweight Children With Asthma

Population-Based Assessment of Asthma Symptom Burden in Children

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