General and disease-specific scales in children with asthma and their parents

Objective To investigate and compare the efficiency of general and disease-specific life quality scales in children with asthma. Methods Children with asthma, and their parents completed the Childhood Asthma Control Test (C-ACT), Pediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (PAQLQ), Pediatric Qual...

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Published in:Indian pediatrics 2017-01, Vol.54 (1), p.25-27
Main Authors: Sari, Oktay, Aydogan, Umit, Gulec, Mustafa, Doganer, Yusuf Cetin, Yavuz, Suleyman Tolga
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asthma - epidemiology
Asthma - physiopathology
Asthma - psychology
Asthma - therapy
Child
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Maternal and Child Health
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Parents - psychology
Pediatric Surgery
Pediatrics
Quality of Life
Research Paper
Surveys and Questionnaires
Turkey - epidemiology
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Summary:Objective To investigate and compare the efficiency of general and disease-specific life quality scales in children with asthma. Methods Children with asthma, and their parents completed the Childhood Asthma Control Test (C-ACT), Pediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (PAQLQ), Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL), and also underwent spirometry. Results 82 children (55 males) with a median (IQR) age of 10.1 (8.9-10.5) years were included. C-ACT, PAQLQ and PedsQL child scores were significantly higher in children with controlled asthma. Conclusions Quality of life in children, assessed using diseasespecific quality of life measures, is better for children with good asthma control.
ISSN:0019-6061
0974-7559
DOI:10.1007/s13312-017-0991-8