Improvement in asthma quality of life in patients enrolled in a prospective study to increase lifestyle physical activity.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Asthma patients know the benefits of exercise but often avoid physical activity because they are concerned that it will exacerbate asthma. The objective of this analysis was to assess longitudinal asthma status in 256 primary care patients in New York City enrolled in a trial to increase lifestyle physical activity.

Methods

Patients were randomized to two protocols to increase physical activity during a period of 12 months. At enrollment, patients completed the Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (AQLQ) and the Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ) and received asthma self-management instruction through an evaluative test and workbook. Exercise and self-management were reinforced every 2 months. The AQLQ was repeated every 4 months and the ACQ was repeated at 12 mont

SUBMITTER: Mancuso CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3567614 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature