scholarly journals Effects of Symptom Perception Interventions on Trigger Identification and Quality of Life in Children with Asthma

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Janssens ◽  
Andrew Harver
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Signal Detection ◽  
Discrimination Training ◽  
Peak Flow ◽  
Home Monitoring ◽  
Resistive Load ◽  
Symptom Perception ◽  
Children With Asthma ◽  
Asthma Triggers

Background. Management of individual triggers is suboptimal in practice. In this project, we investigated the impact of symptom perception interventions on asthma trigger identification and self-reported asthma quality of life.Methods. Children with asthma (n=227) participated in three asthma education sessions and then were randomized first to one of three home monitoring conditions (symptom monitoring and peak flow training with feedback, peak flow training without feedback, or no peak flow training) and then subsequently to one of three resistive load discrimination training conditions (signal detection training with feedback, signal detection training without feedback, or no training). Triggers were reported at enrollment, following home monitoring, and following discrimination training; quality of life was measured after home monitoring and after resistive load testing.Results. Symptom perception interventions resulted in increases in reported triggers, which increased reliably as a function of home monitoring, and increased further in participants who completed discrimination training with feedback. Increases in the number of reported asthma triggers were associated with decreases in quality of life.Discussion. Patients may benefit from strategies that make trigger-symptom contingencies clear. Complementary strategies are needed to address changes in the perceived burden of asthma which comes from awareness of new asthma triggers.

Quality of life in children with asthma

2005 ◽  
Vol 81 (3) ◽  
pp. 268-270
Author(s):  
Edgar Sarria
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Children With Asthma

Quality of life in children with asthma

10.2223/1350 ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 81 (3) ◽  
pp. 268-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edgar Sarria
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Children With Asthma

Determinants of quality of life in children with asthma

2013 ◽  
Vol 48 (12) ◽  
pp. 1171-1180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konstantinos Th. Petsios ◽  
Kostas N. Priftis ◽  
Elpis Hatziagorou ◽  
John N. Tsanakas ◽  
George Antonogeorgos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Children With Asthma

scholarly journals 44 Quality of Life in Greek Children with Asthma

2010 ◽  
Vol 68 ◽  
pp. 25-26
Author(s):  
K Petsios ◽  
K Priftis ◽  
C Tsoumakas ◽  
E Hatziagorou ◽  
J Tsanakas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Children With Asthma

Interactive home monitoring and education program for heart failure shows improvement in quality of life

1998 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Christine M. Ruggerio ◽  
Paul A. Heidenreich ◽  
Barry M. Massie ◽  
David E. Goodman
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Heart Failure ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Home Monitoring

The Effect of Physical Training in Children With Asthma on Pulmonary Function, Aerobic Capacity and Health-Related Quality of Life: A Systematic Review of Randomized Control Trials

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 472-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Crosbie
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Pulmonary Function ◽  
Aerobic Capacity ◽  
Physical Training ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Children With Asthma ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Randomized Control

ObjectiveAsthma is a leading cause of chronic illness in children, impacting heavily on their daily life and participation in physical activity. The purpose of this systematic review was to investigate the evidence for the use of physical therapy to improve pulmonary function and aerobic capacity in children with asthma. Furthermore, the review aims to update previous literature on the effect of exercise on health related quality of life.MethodsA search was conducted for randomized control trials (RCTs) using the electronic databases Medline, Embase, SPORTDiscus, AMED, CINAHL, and The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials. Studies were included if the participants were asthmatic children aged 6–18 years participating in any mode of physical exercise. Studies were reviewed for study quality, participant details, exercise intervention details, and intervention outcomes.ResultsA total of 16 studies and 516 subjects met inclusion criteria for review. Severity of asthma ranged from mild to severe. No improvement in pulmonary function was observed. Physical training led to an increase in aerobic capacity as measured by VO2max (mL/kg/min).ConclusionsFindings suggest that physical training does not improve pulmonary function in children with asthma, but does increase aerobic capacity. The small number of studies investigating quality of life suggests that physical training does improve health related quality of life; however further well designed randomized control trials are needed to verify these findings.

scholarly journals Quality of Life in Children with Asthma versus Healthy Children

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. 1413-1418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samaneh Kouzegaran ◽  
Parisa Samimi ◽  
Hamid Ahanchian ◽  
Maryam Khoshkhui ◽  
Fatemeh Behmanesh
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Performance ◽  
Control Group ◽  
P Value ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Children With Asthma ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Asthma Group

BACKGROUND: Asthma is the most prevalent chronic disease in the pediatric age group. The disease affects different aspects of the children's lives, such as physical, emotional, social and educational aspects. Thus, more focus has been on the quality of life in these patients rather than the duration of their illness in recent years.AIM: This study examined the different aspects of quality of life in asthmatic children for the first time in this geographic area.METHODS: The study was cross-sectional conducted in 2015-2016. The asthmatic group was 100 patients aged 8 to 12 admitted to the Asthma and Allergy Clinic of Ghaem Hospital (as) in Mashhad with the control group composed of 100 healthy children of the same age and gender. The standard questionnaire pedsQLTM was used for comparing the quality of life of children in the two groups. Statistical analysis was SPSS23 with P-value less than 0.05, which was statistically significant.RESULTS: In each group, 58 patients were boys, and 42 were girls. In a comparison of the quality of life of children, the asthma group with a mean total score of Peds QL 20.99 ± 12.54 compared to the healthy children with a mean total score of Peds QL of 8.8 ± 5.41 had a lower quality of life (P < 0.001). Moreover, regarding various aspects of quality of life asthma group had a lower quality of life in physical performance, emotional performance and performance in school (P < 0.001). Nonetheless, there was no significant difference between the two groups considering social function (P = 0.267). Examining the relationship between Peds QL score of patients with asthma with various variables was indicative of the fact that Peds QL scores were significantly correlated with the gender of the patients, showing better quality of life in the girls (P = 0.001).CONCLUSION: The results indicated that children with asthma have a significantly lower quality of life compared with healthy children of the same age. Also, in examining the different aspects of quality of life, these children had a lower quality of life in physical performance, emotional performance, and performance at school, and were at the level as that of healthy children only in social performance.

scholarly journals Association of traffic air pollution and rhinitis quality of life in Peruvian children with asthma

PLoS ONE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. e0193910 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonali Bose ◽  
Karina Romero ◽  
Kevin J. Psoter ◽  
Frank C. Curriero ◽  
Chen Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Children With Asthma
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