The unpredictable nature of asthma makes it stressful for children and can affect
their quality of life (QOL). An exploratory analysis of 183 rural school-aged children's
data was conducted to determine relationships among demographic factors, children's
responses to asthma (coping and asthma self-management), and their QOL. Coping frequency,
asthma severity, and race/ethnicity significantly predicted children's asthma-related
QOL. Children reported more frequent coping as asthma-related QOL worsened (higher
scores). Children with more asthma severity had worse asthma-related QOL. Post hoc
analyses showed that racial/ethnic minorities reported worse asthma-related QOL scores
than did non-Hispanic Whites.
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Published online: August 26, 2011
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1Previous presentation: Southern Nursing Research Society, poster presentation, February 11, 2010, in Austin, TX.
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