Relationship between parent mood and resilience and child health outcomes in pediatric asthma

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Carrie Tully1, Meredith Rose1, Sarah Breen1

  • 1Center for Translational Research, Children's National Health System.

Families, Systems & Health : the Journal of Collaborative Family Healthcare
|May 7, 2019
PubMed

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Parental quality of life and mood are linked to more symptom-free days for children with asthma. Parent resilience, while associated with parent mood, did not impact child asthma outcomes in this study.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric chronic disease research
  • Psychosocial factors in health
  • Asthma management

Background:

  • Asthma is a prevalent chronic condition in children, disproportionately affecting urban and minority youth.
  • Parental and child psychosocial functioning are crucial in managing pediatric asthma.
  • Understanding these factors can improve health outcomes for at-risk children.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between parent psychosocial functioning and asthma outcomes in at-risk children.
  • To examine the association between parent resilience, mood, and child asthma symptom-free days (SFDs).
  • To test if parent resilience moderates the link between parent mood and child SFDs.

Main Methods:

  • Secondary analysis of baseline cross-sectional data from 217 parents of children with persistent asthma.
  • Parents reported on their quality of life, mood, resilience, and their child's mood and anxiety.
  • Child asthma symptom-free days (SFDs) were also reported by parents.

Main Results:

  • Parent resilience was significantly associated with better parent mood.
  • Higher parent-reported quality of life (QOL) and mood correlated with more child asthma SFDs.
  • Parent resilience did not moderate the relationship between parent mood and child SFDs.

Conclusions:

  • Parental QOL and mood are significant factors associated with improved child asthma symptom control.
  • While parent resilience is linked to parent well-being, its direct impact on child asthma SFDs was not supported in this study.
  • Further research is needed to clarify the role of resilience in families managing childhood asthma.
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