Magnitude of effect of asthma treatments on Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire and Asthma Control Questionnaire scores: Systematic review and network meta-analysis

ObjectiveSeveral newly developed eHealth applications use online questionnaires to monitor asthma control. The Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ) and Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (AQLQ) are two such commonly used questionnaires. These questionnaires are validated for use on paper. This study aims to validate them by assessing the agreement between online and paper versions of the ACQ and AQLQ.MethodsPatients (aged 18 years and older) from the Self-Management in Asthma Supported by Hospitals, ICT, Nurses and General Practitioners (SMASHING)-trial and Davos@home study were included in this study. Patients completed both the paper and online Dutch versions of the ACQ and AQLQ in a random order within a 2-week interval. Agreement between the different versions was assessed with paired t-tests, intraclass correlation coefficients and Bland–Altman plots.ResultsIn total 44 patients were eligible for analysis. The mean difference between the paper and online versions of the ACQ was 0.04 (p=0.40) and for the AQLQ it was 0.08 (p=0.06). The intraclass correlation coefficient scores were 0.94 for the ACQ and 0.95 for the AQLQ.ConclusionThe online versions of the ACQ and AQLQ show high levels of agreement with the paper versions and can therefore be safely used in eHealth applications to respectively monitor asthma control and quality of life.

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Características, control de la enfermedad y calidad de vida de los pacientes asignados al ‹‹Programa de Atención al Niño Asmático›› de un centro de atención primaria.

Pediatría ◽

10.14295/rp.v53i2.202 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 53 (2) ◽

pp. 49-55

Author(s):

Sara María Barbed Ferrández ◽

María Isabel Moneo Hernández ◽

Juan José Lasarte Velillas ◽

Andrés Ruiz Pardo

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Asthma Control ◽

Life Questionnaire ◽

Asthma Control Questionnaire ◽

Paediatric Asthma ◽

Quality Of Life Questionnaire ◽

Calidad De Vida

Objetivos: Evaluar las características clínicas, el grado de control de la enfermedad y calidad de vida de cuidadores de pacientes y pacientes asignados al «Programa de Atención al Niño Asmático» en un centro de atención primaria. Métodos: Estudio descriptivo observacional, con recolección prospectiva de datos procedentes de 3 cuestionarios estandarizados, entregados al paciente o cuidadores: Asthma Control Questionnaire(ACQ)TM, Paediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire(PAQLQ)TM y Paediatric Asthma Caregivers Quality of Life Questionnaire(PACQLQ)TM y recolección retrospectiva de datos procedentes de la historia clínica. La muestra proviene del “Programa de Atención al Niño Asmático” de un centro de salud. Resultados: El 40% de los pacientes presentaban antecedente materno o paterno de asma y el 80% antecedente personal de dermatitis atópica, rinitis alérgica o alergia alimentaria. La media de los resultados de las escalas fue de ACQTM: 0.87 +/- 1.06 puntos (rango 0 – 3.6). Media de resultado PAQLQTM: 6.08 +/- 0.77 (rango 5 – 7). Media de PACQLQTM: 5.48 +/- 1.06 (rango 3 – 7). En pacientes con ACQTM <0.5 puntos, la media de puntuación en PACQLQTM fue de: 6.30 +/- 0.83. En pacientes con ACQTM >1 fue de: 4.66 +/- 0.72. Conclusiones: La presencia de atopia personal y el antecedente familiar de asma es el factor de riesgo más relacionado con el desarrollo de asma en nuestro estudio. El grado de control de asma en la muestra es mejorable, relacionándose un peor control de la enfermedad con peor puntuación en la escala de calidad de vida, siendo necesario implementar medidas de mejora en el ámbito educativo, clínico y asistencial.

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Comparison of online and paper versions of the asthma control questionnaire and asthma quality of life questionnaire

10.1183/13993003.congress-2016.pa1027 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Ian Smith ◽

Jiska Snoeck-Stroband ◽

Persijn Honkoop ◽

Jacob Sont

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Asthma Control ◽

Life Questionnaire ◽

Asthma Control Questionnaire ◽

Quality Of Life Questionnaire

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Usability Testing Of The Web-Based Versions Of The Standardised Asthma Quality Of Life Questionnaire For 12 Years And Older (Aqlq(S)+12) And The Asthma Control Questionnaire (Acq-6)

Value in Health ◽

10.1016/j.jval.2015.03.168 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. A27-A28

Author(s):

E.F. Juniper ◽

J. Lambe ◽

M. Thomas ◽

E. Arden-Close ◽

G. Grataloup

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Asthma Control ◽

Usability Testing ◽

Life Questionnaire ◽

Asthma Control Questionnaire ◽

Web Based ◽

Quality Of Life Questionnaire ◽

The Web

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Effects of exercise-based pulmonary rehabilitation on adults with asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Respiratory Research ◽

10.1186/s12931-021-01627-w ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Zhenzhen Feng ◽

Jiajia Wang ◽

Yang Xie ◽

Jiansheng Li

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Pulmonary Rehabilitation ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Cochrane Library ◽

Control Group ◽

Life Questionnaire ◽

Asthma Control Questionnaire ◽

Clinical Trial Registration ◽

Domain Scores

Abstract Background Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) has been proposed as an effective method for many respiratory diseases. However, the effects of exercise-based PR on asthma are currently inconclusive. This review aimed to investigate the effects of exercise-based PR on adults with asthma. Methods The PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, International Clinical Trials Registry Platform and ClinicalTrials.gov databases were searched from inception to 31 July 2019 without language restriction. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) investigating the effects of exercise-based PR on adults with asthma were included. Study selection, data extraction and risk of bias assessment were performed by two investigators independently. Meta-analysis was conducted by RevMan software (version 5.3). Evidence quality was rated by the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) system. Results Ten literatures from nine studies (n = 418 patients) were identified. Asthma quality of life questionnaire total scores (MD = 0.39, 95% CI: 0.02 to 0.76) improved significantly in the experimental group compared to control group, including activity domain scores (MD = 0.58, 95% CI: 0.21 to 0.94), symptom domain scores (MD = 0.52, 95% CI: 0.19 to 0.85), emotion domain scores (MD = 0.53, 95% CI: − 0.03 to 1.09) and environment domain scores (MD = 0.56, 95% CI: 0.00 to 1.11). Both the 6-min walk distance (MD = 34.09, 95% CI: 2.51 to 65.66) and maximum oxygen uptake (MD = 4.45, 95% CI: 3.32 to 5.58) significantly improved. However, improvements in asthma control questionnaire scores (MD = − 0.25, 95% CI: − 0.51 to 0.02) and asthma symptom-free days (MD = 3.35, 95% CI: − 0.21 to 6.90) were not significant. Moreover, there was no significant improvement (MD = 0.10, 95% CI: − 0.08 to 0.29) in forced expiratory volume in 1 s. Nonetheless, improvements in forced vital capacity (MD = 0.23, 95% CI: 0.08 to 0.38) and peak expiratory flow (MD = 0.39, 95% CI: 0.21 to 0.57) were significant. Conclusions Exercise-based PR may improve quality of life, exercise tolerance and some aspects of pulmonary function in adults with asthma and can be considered a supplementary therapy. RCTs of high quality and large sample sizes are required. Clinical trial registration: The review was registered with PROSPERO (The website is https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/, and the ID is CRD42019147107).

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