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General and Disease-specific Scales in Children with Asthma and their Parents

Oktay Sari1, Umit Aydogan, Mustafa Gulec

  • 1Departments of *Family Medicine, #Adult Allergy and Immunology, $Pediatric Allergy, GATA Military School of Medicine; and @Turkish Military Academy, Primary Care Examination Center, Department of Family Medicine; Ankara, Turkey. Correspondence to: Dr. Oktay Sari, Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, GATA Military School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. osari@gata.edu.tr.

Indian Pediatrics
|February 1, 2017
PubMed

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Disease-specific quality of life scales effectively measure improvements in children with asthma. Children with well-controlled asthma reported better quality of life using these measures.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Pulmonology
  • Quality of Life Research

Background:

  • Asthma significantly impacts children's quality of life.
  • Assessing quality of life in pediatric asthma is crucial for effective management.
  • General and disease-specific scales offer different perspectives on health status.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the efficiency of general versus disease-specific quality of life scales in children with asthma.
  • To evaluate how well different scales capture the impact of asthma control on children's well-being.

Main Methods:

  • 82 children with asthma and their parents participated.
  • Participants completed the Childhood Asthma Control Test (C-ACT), Pediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (PAQLQ), and Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL).
  • Spirometry was performed to assess lung function.

Main Results:

  • Children with controlled asthma demonstrated significantly higher scores on C-ACT, PAQLQ, and PedsQL.
  • Disease-specific measures (C-ACT, PAQLQ) and the general PedsQL showed sensitivity to asthma control.
  • A median age of 10.1 years (IQR 8.9-10.5) was observed in the study cohort.

Conclusions:

  • Disease-specific quality of life measures are effective in identifying improved quality of life in children with well-controlled asthma.
  • Quality of life assessment in pediatric asthma is enhanced by using tailored, disease-specific instruments.
  • Good asthma control correlates with better perceived quality of life in children.
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