Determinants of longitudinal health-related quality-of-life change in children with asthma from low-income families: a report from the PROMIS^® Pediatric Asthma Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

How the longitudinal asthma control status and other socio-demographic factors influence the changes of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among asthmatic children, especially from low-income families, has not been fully investigated.

Objectives

This study aimed to describe the trajectories of asthma-specific HRQOL over 15 months and examine the effect of asthma control status on HRQOL by taking socio-demographic factors into consideration.

Methods

A total of 229 dyads of asthmatic children and their parents enroled in public insurance programs were recruited for assessing asthma control status and HRQOL over four time points of assessment. Asthma control status was measured using the Asthma Control and Communication Instrument, and asthma-specific HRQO

SUBMITTER: Li Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5330944 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature