Asthma outcomes: Quality of life

Wilson, Sandra R.; Rańd, Cynthia S.; Cabana, Michael D.; Foggs, Michael B.; Halterman, Jill S.; Olson, Lynn; Vollmer, William M.; Wright, Rosalind J.; Taggart, Virginia S.

doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2011.12.988

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“…23 The instruments have been validated but are timeintensive to fill out and are therefore not routinely used in clinical practice.…”

Section: Quality Of Lifementioning

confidence: 99%

Clinical Tools to Assess Asthma Control in Children

Dinakar¹,

Chipps²,

Allergy³

2017

Pediatrics

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Asthma affects an estimated 7 million children and causes significant health care and disease burden. The most recent iteration of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute asthma guidelines, the Expert Panel Report 3, emphasizes the assessment and monitoring of asthma control in the management of asthma. Asthma control refers to the degree to which the manifestations of asthma are minimized by therapeutic interventions and the goals of therapy are met. Although assessment of asthma severity is used to guide initiation of therapy, monitoring of asthma control helps determine whether therapy should be maintained or adjusted. The nuances of estimation of asthma control include understanding concepts of current impairment and future risk and incorporating their measurement into clinical practice. Impairment is assessed on the basis of frequency and intensity of symptoms, variations in lung function, and limitations of daily activities. “Risk” refers to the likelihood of exacerbations, progressive loss of lung function, or adverse effects from medications. Currently available ambulatory tools to measure asthma control range are subjective measures, such as patient-reported composite asthma control score instruments or objective measures of lung function, airway hyperreactivity, and biomarkers. Because asthma control exhibits short- and long-term variability, health care providers need to be vigilant regarding the fluctuations in the factors that can create discordance between subjective and objective assessment of asthma control. Familiarity with the properties, application, and relative value of these measures will enable health care providers to choose the optimal set of measures that will adhere to national standards of care and ensure delivery of high-quality care customized to their patients.

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“…23 The instruments have been validated but are timeintensive to fill out and are therefore not routinely used in clinical practice.…”

Section: Quality Of Lifementioning

confidence: 99%

Clinical Tools to Assess Asthma Control in Children

Dinakar¹,

Chipps²,

Allergy³

2017

Pediatrics

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“…Asthma was diagnosed by a pulmonary subspecialist based on chronic persistent inflammation with acute episodic exacerbations and reduced lung function confirmed by spirometry, forced expiratory volume per second (FEV1) before and 15 min after administration of 400 mg (2-3 puffs) of albuterol or equivalent (8). Asthma patients who were affected by other serious chronic physical or psychological diseases, such as cancer and major depression, based on self-report, were excluded from the study.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Asthma affects various aspects of life, including lifestyle, well-being, health, personal satisfaction, occupation and education (7,8). Quality of life (QoL) is a subjective and multidimensional index of well-being from a patient's point of view.…”

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confidence: 99%

Health-related quality of life of patients with asthma: a cross-sectional study in Semnan, Islamic Republic of Iran

Kia

Malek

Ghods

et al. 2017

East Mediterr Health J

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Qualité de vie liée à la santé de patients asthmatiques : étude transversale à Semnan, République islamique d'IranRÉSUMÉ L'asthme peut affecter gravement la qualité de vie des personnes qui en souffrent. Les données sur la qualité de vie des personnes vivant avec l'asthme en République islamique d'Iran sont en nombre limité. La présente étude transversale avait pour objectif d'évaluer la qualité de vie des adultes asthmatiques à Semnan sur la base du SF-36, un questionnaire court d'enquête sur la santé comprenant 36 items. L'effet des caractéristiques socio-démographiques sur les scores de la qualité de vie a été examiné. L'étude incluait un échantillon de commodité de 385 patients externes souffrant d'asthme et s'étant rendus dans une clinique spécialisée pour les maladies pulmonaires entre juin et décembre 2013. Les scores moyens des composantes physiques et mentales étaient de 58,8 (ET 18,3) et 57,3 (ET 17,0) respectivement. L'échantillon de l'étude affichait des scores inférieurs pour la qualité de vie dans tous les domaines par rapport à la population de référence (p < 0,05). Les patients ayant un niveau d'instruction moindre, les habitants urbains, les patients veufs/divorcés et les travailleurs manuels obtenaient des scores de la qualité de vie plus faibles (p < 0,05). Des efforts sont requis pour améliorer la qualité de vie des patients asthmatiques parallèlement à la mise en place de plans précis pour leur prise en charge. This cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate quality of life in adults with asthma in Semnan using the 36-item short form health survey (SF-36). The effect of sociodemographic characteristics on quality of life scores was examined. The study included a convenience sample of 385 outpatients with asthma attending a pulmonary clinic from June to December 2013. The mean physical and mental component scores were 58.8 (SD 18.3) and 57.3 (SD 17.0) respectively. The study sample had lower quality of life scores in all the fields than the reference population (P < 0.05). Patients with lower education, urban residents, widowed/divorced patients and manual workers had lower quality of life scores (P < 0.05). Efforts are needed to improve the quality of life of people with asthma in parallel with precise management plans. ‫اإلسالمية‬ ‫إيران‬ ‫مجهورية‬ ‫سيمنان،‬‫املتوسط‬ ‫لرشق‬ ‫الصحية‬ ‫املجلة‬ ‫العرشون‬ ‫و‬ ‫الثالث‬ ‫املجلد‬ ‫السابع‬ ‫العدد‬ 501

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“…На основании полученных данных можно сделать вывод о качестве оказываемой медицинской помощи, при этом в ряде случаев КЖ является основ-ным -конечным -критерием оценки [3].…”

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