Effect of asthma on the quality of life among children and their caregivers in the Atlanta empowerment zone

Williams, Seymour; Sehgal, Meena; Falter, Kenneth H.; Dennis, Renata; Jones, Donna; Boudreaux, Jonathan; Homa, David M.; Raskin-Hood, Cheryl; Brown, Clive; Griffith, Marcia; Redd, Stephen C.

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“…The leading factor for deterioration of quality of life is severity of asthma. Severe asthma suggests lower level of quality of life for parents as caregivers [15,17,28].…”

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Caregiver Burden in Pediatric Asthma: A Systematic Review

Ekim¹,

Ocakçi²

2017

Health Sci J

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“…The leading factor for deterioration of quality of life is severity of asthma. Severe asthma suggests lower level of quality of life for parents as caregivers [15,17,28].…”

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Caregiver Burden in Pediatric Asthma: A Systematic Review

Ekim¹,

Ocakçi²

2017

Health Sci J

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“…Studies have either shown a positive association (Kub et al, 2009), or did not find any significant association in a sample of low income mothers (Shalowitz et al, 2006). Other research focused more extensively on the impact of child asthma on parents' quality of life (Levy et al, 2004;Williams et al, 2000;Ozkaya et al, 2010;Wright, 2011) or on the impact of maternal depression on child asthma morbidity and use of health care services (Bartlett et al, 2001;Klinnert et al, 2001). Defining and diagnosing child asthma is particularly difficult during the first years of life as asthma-like symptoms are unstable and can be due to other ailments (Klinnert et al, 2001;Kurukulaaratchy, Matthews, & Arshad, 2004).…”

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Child Asthma and Change in Elevated Depressive Symptoms Among Mothers of Children of a Birth Cohort from Quebec

Perreault

Séguin

et al. 2011

Women & Health

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The authors examined the association between maternal reports of child asthma attacks since birth and occurrence of elevated maternal depressive symptoms at seventeen months postpartum in the present study. The modifying role of poverty in this association was also examined. Data from n = 1,696 mother-child dyads from the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development, a birth cohort of children born in 1998, were used. Maternal depressive symptoms were measured with an abridged and validated twelve-item version of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. Maternal reports of child asthma attacks since birth in relation to the occurrence of maternal depressive symptoms at 17 months postpartum and the potential modifying role of poverty were tested using multiple logistic regression models. When mothers reported child asthma attacks, those without elevated depressive symptoms at 5 months postpartum had lower odds of elevated depressive symptoms one year later (OR = 0.2, 95% CI: 0.1-0.7). Poverty was associated with increased odds of elevated maternal depressive symptoms (OR = 2.4, 95% CI: 1.5-3.9), without interacting with child asthma. Through this study, the authors suggest that in mothers without elevated symptoms at 5 months, reported child asthma attacks since birth did not contribute one year later to new occurrence of depressive symptoms.

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“…Mothers of children with allergic diseases are more anxious, psychologically unstable, overprotective, and often demonstrate negative emotions toward their children 5,6. There are significant correlations between a caregiver's quality of life and the severity of children's allergic symptoms and with the quality of life of the child 7,8…”

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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Like Behavioral Problems and Parenting Stress in Pediatric Allergic Rhinitis

Lee

Kim²,

You

et al. 2014

Psychiatry Investig

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ObjectivePrevious studies have reported comorbidity of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and allergic diseases. The current study investigated ADHD like behavioral symptoms and parenting stress in pediatric allergic rhinitis.MethodsEighty-seven children (6-13 years old) with allergic rhinitis and 73 age- and sex-matched children of control group were recruited. Diagnosis and severity assessments of allergic rhinitis were determined by a pediatric allergist. The Parenting Stress Index-Short Form (PSI-SF), ADHD Rating Scale (ARS), and Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) were completed by their mothers.ResultsIn the allergic rhinitis group, the total PSI-SF score (p<0.01), ARS score (p<0.01), the subscale scores of the CBCL including somatization, attentional problems and emotional instability (p=0.01; p<0.01; p<0.01) and prevalence of ADHD (p=0.03) were significantly higher than those of the control group. Among mothers of children with allergic rhinitis, those of children with comorbid ADHD demonstrated significantly higher parenting stress than those without comorbid ADHD (p<0.01). Parenting stress was correlated with severity of child's allergic symptoms and the ARS total score (beta=0.50, p<0.01; beta=0.39, p<0.01). There was a significant correlation between allergic symptom severity and the ARS total score (B=8.4, SD=2.5, t=3.3, p<0.01).ConclusionThis study demonstrated that ADHD symptoms were common in children with allergic rhinitis, and this factor increased parenting stress and disrupted the parent-child relationship. Routine evaluation and early management of ADHD symptoms in pediatric allergic rhinitis may benefit families of children with allergic rhinitis.

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Effect of asthma on the quality of life among children and their caregivers in the Atlanta empowerment zone

Abstract: Background and Objective. Asthma is the most common chronic pediatric disease and exacts

Cited by 32 publications

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Caregiver Burden in Pediatric Asthma: A Systematic Review

Caregiver Burden in Pediatric Asthma: A Systematic Review

Child Asthma and Change in Elevated Depressive Symptoms Among Mothers of Children of a Birth Cohort from Quebec

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Like Behavioral Problems and Parenting Stress in Pediatric Allergic Rhinitis

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