Emotional quality-of-life and outcomes in adolescents with asthma

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

“…In addition, the researchers looked at health outcomes including emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and missed school. The results showed that poorer emotional QOL was associated with poorer control of asthma symptoms (P< .0001), missed school (P < .05), and doctor visits for worsened asthma (P < .05) (Okelo et al, 2004). The main limitation of this study was the use of self-reported data about asthma symptoms and only a modest response rate from the adolescent subjects.…”

“…Of the studies examined for this review, all used a comparative study design (Annett et al, 2001;Blandon Vijil et al, 2004;Friedlander et al, 2003;Gibson, Henry et al, 1995;Okelo et al, 2004;Pinhas-Hamiel et al, 2006;Ravens-Sieberer et al, 2001;Schwimmer et al, 2003;Swallen et al, 2005;van Gent et al, 2007;Williams et al, 2005). Comparative designs are hypothesis-testing approaches designed to build support for theory (Brink & Wood, 1998).…”

“…The main limitation of this study was the use of self-reported data about asthma symptoms and only a modest response rate from the adolescent subjects. The researchers conclude from their results that because of the association shown between emotional symptoms and asthma severity, the evaluation of asthma-specific emotional QOL, should be included in the assessment of all adolescents with asthma (Okelo et al, 2004).…”

“…Self-reported data about recent asthma symptoms is subject to limitations of recall, recall bias, and selection bias (Okelo et al, 2004).…”

“…Overall, childhood asthma has been found to have a minimal effect on QOL (Annett, Bender, Lapidus, Duhamel, & Lincoln, 2001;Gibson, Henry, Vimpani, & Halliday, 1995;Okelo et al, 2004). Conversely, childhood obesity has been found to have a profound negative impact on QOL (Friedlander, Larkin, Rosen, Palermo, & Redline, 2003;Schwimmer, Burwinkle, & Varni, 2003;Williams, Wake, Hesketh, Maher, & Waters, 2005).…”