Gender differences in psychological distress in adults with asthma

Tovt-Korshynska, Marianna I; Dew, Mary Amanda; Chopey, Ivan V; Spivak, N. Ya.; Lemko, Ivan S.

doi:10.1016/s0022-3999(01)00254-9

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“…The finding that females were less likely to have symptomcontrolled asthma than males is consistent with the observation that in asthma, as in several chronic disease settings, females may report symptoms differently from males, being more likely to volunteer symptoms of disease and to seek medical care [9,10]. However, physiological explanations are also of potential importance.…”

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confidence: 83%

Suboptimal asthma control: prevalence, detection and consequences in general practice

Chapman¹,

Boulet²,

Rea³

et al. 2008

European Respiratory Journal

292

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Telephone surveys describing suboptimal asthma control may be biased by low response rates.In order to obtain an unbiased assessment of asthma control and assess its impact in primary care, primary care physicians used a 1-page control questionnaire in 50 consecutive asthma patients.Of the 10,428 patients assessed by 354 physicians, 59% were uncontrolled, 19% well-controlled and 23% totally controlled. Physicians overestimated control, regarding only 42% of patients as uncontrolled. Physicians were more likely to report plans to alter the regimens of uncontrolled patients than controlled patients (1.29 versus 0.20 medication changes per patient) doing so in a fashion consistent with guideline recommendations. Of the uncontrolled patients, 59% required one or more urgent care or specialist visits versus 26 and 15% of well-controlled or totally controlled patients, respectively. Patients were more likely to report short-term symptom control when they had not required urgent or specialist care (odds ratio 5.68; 95% confidence interval 4.91-6.58).The majority of asthma patients treated in general practice are uncontrolled. Lack of control can be recognised by physicians who are likely to consider appropriate changes to therapy. A lack of short-term symptom control of asthma is associated with excess healthcare utilisation.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 83%

Suboptimal asthma control: prevalence, detection and consequences in general practice

Chapman¹,

Boulet²,

Rea³

et al. 2008

European Respiratory Journal

292

202

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“…Such perimenstrual exacerbations add further distress in women. Tovt-Korshynska et al [20] also showed that psychological distress in asthma is more common in women compared to men. Our present study supports and confi rms this.…”

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confidence: 97%

Psychological distress and associated risk factors in bronchial asthma patients in Kuwait

Panicker¹,

Sharma²,

Al-Duwaisan³

2008

Indian J Med Sci

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“…The results that time does differentiate psychopathological background in the asthmatics, yet to a greater extent in men than in women, seem interesting. By comparing men with asthma for longer and shorter periods than 5 years, significant differences in two MMPI subscales (depressiveness, social introversion) were observed, whereas in women, only results of the social introversion subscale show that dyspnea worsen with disease duration (27). CONCLUSIONS 1.…”

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Psychopathology and Personality Factors Modify the Perception of Dyspnea in Asthmatics

Nowobilski

Furgał

Czyż³

et al. 2007

Journal of Asthma

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We studied the relationship between the intensity of dyspnea and psychopathological and personality dimensions in 74 women and 38 men (mean age 49.7 years) with asthma. The women had higher values for the following variables: depression, anxiety-trait, and neuroticism, and they proved to have a greater external control location than the men. After checking the spirometry results, body mass index (BMI) and gender, it was found that dyspnea correlated with anxiety-trait and anxiety-state, neuroticism, and depression. In the men, anxiety-trait modified the relationship between dyspnea and the duration of the disease. This effect was not found in the women. A high level of anxiety-trait seems to be responsible for the escalation of dyspnea during the progression of the disease in men, whereas low anxiety may protect them against the increase of dyspnea. FEV(1), BMI, and anxiety-trait were predictors of dyspnea.

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Gender differences in psychological distress in adults with asthma

Cited by 32 publications

References 39 publications

Suboptimal asthma control: prevalence, detection and consequences in general practice

Suboptimal asthma control: prevalence, detection and consequences in general practice

Psychological distress and associated risk factors in bronchial asthma patients in Kuwait

Psychopathology and Personality Factors Modify the Perception of Dyspnea in Asthmatics

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