Valuation of Quality of Life in Children With Asthma
Summary
The aim of the study is valuation of quality of life (QL) in children with asthma and analysis of the factors that can have influence on it. The clinical problems included into the aim are to evaluate:
- the correlation between the QL and asthma control
- the utility of the Polish Version of PAQLQ(S) by Juniper, especially the understanding of each question and it's answers The results of this study can be very helpful in the future in developing a questionnaires to use in Polish Primary Care, according to which the investigators would be able to see whether the asthma in our patients is being well controlled.
Description
Quality of Life in people with asthma is strictly relevant with the correct treatment of the disease, that is why the correct screening of patient's quality of life, especially in children, is so important.
Exploring the quality of life (QL), we use different types of questionnaires to obtain a quantitative result, which we can interpret using a compatible key for it. Pediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire with Standardized Activities (PAQLQ(S)) by Juniper is a reliable measure of the influence of asthma on QL in children. The Polish Version of the questionnaire is a strict translation of the english one, however it is not completely validated, which in practice can evince in difficulties in understanding the meaning of the applied questions, probably because of the difference in the habits of both populations.
The aim of the study is valuation of quality of life (QL) in children with asthma and analysis of the factors that can have influence on it. The clinical problems included into the aim are to evaluate:
- the correlation between the QL and asthma control
- the utility of the Polish Version of PAQLQ(S) by Juniper, especially the understanding of each question and it's answers The results of this study can be very helpful in the future in developing a questionnaires to use in Polish Primary Care, according to which we would be able to see whether the asthma in our patients is being well controlled.
Study Design
Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective
Conditions
Asthma
Intervention
Polish Version of PAQLQ(S) by Juniper, spirometry
Location
Department of Pediatrics and Allergy, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
Lodz
Poland
93-513
Status
Completed
Source
Medical Universtity of Lodz
Results (where available)
Links
- Source: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00491101
- Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on September 16, 2010
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Spirometry
Measurement of volume of air inhaled or exhaled by the lung.
Asthma, Exercise-induced
Asthma attacks following a period of exercise. Usually the induced attack is short-lived and regresses spontaneously. The magnitude of postexertional airway obstruction is strongly influenced by the environment in which exercise is performed (i.e. inhalation of cold air during physical exertion markedly augments the severity of the airway obstruction; conversely, warm humid air blunts or abolishes it).
Pyridines
Compounds with a six membered aromatic ring containing NITROGEN. The saturated version is PIPERIDINES.
Allolevivirus
A bacteriophage genus of the family LEVIVIRIDAE, whose viruses contain the longer version of the genome and have no separate cell lysis gene.
Levivirus
A bacteriophage genus of the family LEVIVIRIDAE, whose viruses contain the short version of the genome and have a separate gene for cell lysis.
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