| Title: |
Assessment of health related quality of life in paediatric patients with asthma - methods and disease determinants |
| Authors: |
Todorova, Anna Hristova; Tzvetkova, Antoaneta Zdravkova; Mircheva, Iskra |
| Source: |
Scripta Scientifica Salutis Publicae; Vol 1, No 2 (2015); 14-20 ; 2367-7333 ; 2367-7325 |
| Publisher Information: |
Medical University of Varna |
| Publication Year: |
2016 |
| Collection: |
Varna Medical University Press: Journals |
| Subject Terms: |
health-related quality of life (HRQL); assessment; children; instruments |
| Description: |
The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the methods for assessing Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) in children with a focus on both the instruments available for measuring HRQOL in pediatric patients with asthma and the disease determinants. Adolescents with bronchial asthma often have substantially lower HRQOL. Frequent exacerbations impair children`s normal daily routines such as school activities, play and sleep. The factors affecting children`s HRQOL largely vary from those affecting the HRQOL in adults. Chronic diseases in childhood are a risk factor associated with serious psychosocial consequences - low self-esteem, behavioral problems, and difficulties in learning. Assessment of HRQOL can be successfully integrated in achieving the primary aim of the disease management - to maintain health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://journals.mu-varna.bg/index.php/sssp/article/view/1284/1417 |
| DOI: |
10.14748/sssp.v1i2.1284 |
| Availability: |
https://journals.mu-varna.bg/index.php/sssp/article/view/1284; https://doi.org/10.14748/sssp.v1i2.1284 |
| Rights: |
All work by Scripta Scientifica Salutis Publicae is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.930588D3 |
| Database: |
BASE |