2016
DOI: 10.14748/sssp.v1i2.1284
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Assessment of health related quality of life in paediatric patients with asthma - methods and disease determinants

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“…Several authors indicate that the level of disease control is one of the main influencing factors of QOL in asthmatic patients. 11,16 In this study, we found that the lower the disease control, the greater the QOL impairment. Matsunaga et al 11 assessed QOL using PAQLQ in a sample with the same age group at a reference outpatient clinic in the city of Campinas, São Paulo, and also verified that QOL was related to the level of control, evaluated by the Asthma Control Test (ACT).…”
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confidence: 62%
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“…Several authors indicate that the level of disease control is one of the main influencing factors of QOL in asthmatic patients. 11,16 In this study, we found that the lower the disease control, the greater the QOL impairment. Matsunaga et al 11 assessed QOL using PAQLQ in a sample with the same age group at a reference outpatient clinic in the city of Campinas, São Paulo, and also verified that QOL was related to the level of control, evaluated by the Asthma Control Test (ACT).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 62%
“…Until now, no study attempted to define PAQLQ cut-off points, and, for this reason, we adopted values established according to previous works that categorized the PAQLQ score for statistical analysis. Nevertheless, we chose the PAQLQ to assess QOL because this instrument has been used and validated in several countries 22 and includes evaluations in both psychological and physical domains specific to the pediatric age group, 16 in addition to being reproducible and sensitive to changes that are important for the patient.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Nächtliche/s Symptome/Erwachen Einsatz einer Bedarfsmedikation/Notfallbehandlung Lungenfunktion (PEF oder FEV1) Exazerbation 1 1 Jegliche Exazerbation in einer Woche = "unkontrolliertes Asthma" (Definition Exazerbation: Episode gekennzeichnet von Zunahme von Husten, Atemnot, pfeifenden Atemgeräuschen und/oder Brustenge, einhergehend mit Abfall PEF oder FEV1) Bemerkungen: Angaben beziehen sich auf beliebige Woche der letzten 4 Wochen, FEV1=Forciertes (7)(8)(9). Zum anderen sind auch die finanziellen Folgen für das Gesundheitswesen von Bedeutung (10).…”
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