Health-Related Quality of Life in Children with Asthma from Different Ethnic Origins

This study aimed to identify and explain differences in health-related quality of life (QoL) between immigrant and non-immigrant children with asthma. In 274 children (7-17 years of age) generic and asthma-related QoL were assessed. The association between ethnicity and QoL was studied in linear reg...

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Published in:The Journal of asthma 2007-03, Vol.44 (2), p.125-131
Main Authors: Van Dellen, Q. M., Stronks, K., Bindels, P. J. E., Öry, F. G., Bruil, J., Van Aalderen, W. M. C., The Peace Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
asthma
Asthma - drug therapy
Asthma - epidemiology
Asthma - ethnology
Asthma - psychology
Child
children
Cross-Sectional Studies
ethnicity
Female
Humans
Male
Morocco - ethnology
Netherlands - epidemiology
Quality of Life
Socioeconomic Factors
Suriname - ethnology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Turkey - ethnology
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Summary:This study aimed to identify and explain differences in health-related quality of life (QoL) between immigrant and non-immigrant children with asthma. In 274 children (7-17 years of age) generic and asthma-related QoL were assessed. The association between ethnicity and QoL was studied in linear regression model analyses. For the asthma-related QoL, unadjusted analyses showed significant ethnic differences. The non-immigrant children had the highest scores, which implies a better QoL. After adjusting for asthma control and socioeconomic status (SES), ethnic differences disappeared. These results suggest that immigrant children have a similar QoL to that of non-immigrant children from a comparable SES, when their asthma is under control.
ISSN:0277-0903
1532-4303
DOI:10.1080/02770900601182459