scholarly journals Better Breathing or Better Living? A Qualitative Analysis of the Impact of Asthma Medication Acquisition on Standard of Living and Quality of Life in Low-income Families of Children With Asthma

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 354-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy J. Ungar ◽  
Tony MacDonald ◽  
Martha Cousins
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Asthma Medication ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
Children With Asthma ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals The Impact of Socio-Economical Status on the Quality of Life of Children with Asthma

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Paraschiva Chereches-Panta
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
High Income ◽  
Study Group ◽  
High Income Group ◽  
Children With Asthma ◽  
The Impact

Low socioeconomic level may contribute to the severity of asthma, frequency of exacerbation, and hospitalization and affects the quality of life. The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of socioeconomic status (SES) on general score of quality of life (GSQL). Methods: The study group included children aged between 8-16 years with persistent asthma, and we followed them up 12 months. We analyzed the location and the size of the household, educational level, and employment status of parents and family income. The GSQL was obtained based on the questionnaire of quality of life in children with asthma. According to the SES, we divided the study group into high income and low-income groups. Results: Half of the patients belonged to families with low income. There were no significant differences in GSQL regarding the living area, educational level, and parents' employment status. The general score of quality of life was higher in patients from the high-income group than those with lower income at the beginning of the study (5.04±1.09 versus 4.43±0.97; p=0.0101). Alter 12 months GSQL increased significantly in both groups (6.57±0.57 versus 6.49±0.56; p=0.3167). The quality of life was not affected by atopic status. Conclusions: The low income has a negative impact on children GSQL. The educational level and employment status of parents, rural area, and the association of other allergic diseases do not affect the quality of life.

scholarly journals Impact of oral conditions on the quality of life of adolescents in a rural area of Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-87
Author(s):  
Tatiany Roque ◽  
Isabela Magnani ◽  
Saul Paiva ◽  
Lucas Abreu
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Rural Area ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Emotional Wellbeing ◽  
Social Wellbeing ◽  
Oral Symptoms ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
Oral Conditions ◽  
The Impact

The aim of this study was to assess the impact of oral conditions on the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of early adolescents aged 11 to 14 years in the rural population of a Brazilian municipality. Adolescents attending public schools in the municipality participated in the study. OHRQoL was measured using the short Brazilian version of the Child Perceptions Questionnaire (CPQ11-14) with four domains: oral symptoms, functional limitations, emotional wellbeing and social wellbeing. A higher score indicates a more negative perception of the adolescent regarding his/her OHRQoL. Oral conditions such as dental caries, malocclusion and dental trauma were evaluated using DMTF index, Dental Aesthetics Index (DAI) and Andreasen criteria, respectively. The variables sex and age, number of siblings, parents’ schooling, family monthly income, number of times of tooth-brushing/day and visits to the dentist/year were also evaluated. Descriptive analysis and regression models were performed. Of the 202 participants, 94 (46.5%) were female and 108 (53.5%) were male. Adolescents from low-income families (p=0.042) and with more severe malocclusion (p=0.037) scored higher in the CPQ11-14. Those with severe malocclusion scored higher in the emotional wellbeing domain (p=0.009). Females scored higher than males in the oral symptoms domain (p=0.002). Adolescents from low-income families scored higher in the social wellbeing domain (p=0.006). Malocclusion negatively affected the OHRQoL of adolescents from a Brazilian rural area, mainly regarding emotional wellbeing. Negative repercussions were also observed among females and adolescents whose families had lower income.

Access to Technology for Communication Improves Health-Related Quality of Life for Low Income Families after NICU Discharge:

PEDIATRICS ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 137 (Supplement 3) ◽  
pp. 491A-491A
Author(s):  
Nicole I. Flores ◽  
Philippe Friedlich ◽  
Mandy Belfort ◽  
Douglas L. Vanderbilt ◽  
Roberta Williams ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Access To Technology ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Low Income Families

scholarly journals Assessing Health-Related Quality of Life in Asthma

1997 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 145-151
Author(s):  
Elizabeth F Juniper
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Measurement Properties ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Functional Impairments ◽  
Children With Asthma ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Adults And Children ◽  
The Impact

Many clinicians now recognize the importance of incorporating an assessment of health-related quality of life (HRQL) into their clinical studies and practices. Conventional clinical measures provide valuable information about the status of the affected organ system but rarely capture the functional impairments (physical, emotional and social) that are important to patients in their everyday lives. To obtain a complete picture of a patient’s health status, both the conventional clinical indices and the patient's HRQL must be measured. Both adults and children with asthma are distressed by symptoms, such as shortness of breath, cough and chest tightness, and they are limited in their day-to-day activities, such as sports, employment or school work and participation in activities with friends. In addition, both adults and children with asthma are concerned about having asthma, fearful of not having their medications when they need them and frightened of having an asthma attack. They become very frustrated, and children in particular often feel different and isolated from their friends. Disease-specific HRQL questionnaires have been developed and validated for both adults and children with asthma. This paper provides a review of these questionnaires and identifies their strengths and weaknesses. The questionnaires chosen for review have good measurement properties and validity and can be used in both clinical trials and clinical practice to assess the impact of asthma on a patient’s life. Because one of the aims of treatment is to ensure that patients benefit from treatment, an essential component of clinical assessment should be evaluation of HRQL.

Quality of Child Care as an Aspect of Family and Child Care Policy in the United States

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 91 (1) ◽  
pp. 182-188
Author(s):  
Sandra Scarr ◽  
Deborah Phillips ◽  
Kathleen McCartney ◽  
Martha Abbott-Shim
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Child Care ◽  
Low Income ◽  
The United States ◽  
Child Care Policy ◽  
Care Policy ◽  
Working Families ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
The Impact

The quality of child care services in the United States should be understood within a context of child care policy at the federal and state levels. Similarly, child care policy needs to be examined within the larger context of family-support policies that do or do not include parental leaves to care for infants (and other dependent family members) and family allowances that spread the financial burdens of parenthood. Maynard and McGinnis1 presented a comprehensive look at the current and predictable policies that, at federal and state levels, affect working families and their children. They note the many problems in our "patchwork" system of child care—problems of insufficient attention to quality and insufficient supply for low-income families. Recent legislation is a step toward improving the ability of low-income families to pay for child care (by subsidizing that part of the cost of such care which exceeds 15% rather than 20% of the family income) and some steps toward training caregivers and improving regulations. They note the seeming political impasse over parental leaves, even unpaid leaves, and the impact of this lack of policy on the unmet need for early infant care. We should step back from the current morass of family and child care policies in the United States and look at what other nations have done and continue to do for their working families. By comparison with other industrialized countries in the world, the United States neglects essential provisions that make it possible for parents in other countries to afford to rear children and to find and afford quality child care for their children.

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