Perceived triggers of asthma impair quality of life in children with asthma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Data on the impact of the number and nature of perceived asthma triggers on health-related quality of life (HRQL) in children are scarce.

Objective

To investigate the impact of perceived asthma triggers on both asthma-specific and generic HRQL in children.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted among children (7-18 years) with asthma in secondary and tertiary care. Children were screened with electronic questionnaires regarding respiratory and allergic symptoms. Asthma-specific HRQL was assessed using the Pediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (PAQLQ) (score range 1-7) and generic HRQL using the RAND questionnaire (score range 7-32). The Kruskal-Wallis test and one-way ANOVA were used to test the difference of, respectively, the PAQLQ and RAN

SUBMITTER: Kansen HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6851977 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature