Highlights
- •The perception of quality of life in asthma is associated with variables such as control and adherence to treatment.
- •Perception of quality of life is related to perceived threat of disease, better mental health, and healthy family styles. • Jointly assessing psychological variables and medical indicators is necessary for the improvement of quality of life.
Abstract
Background
Quality of life (QoL) is a widely studied term concerning asthma because it allows
the impact of the disease on the patient's life to be assessed through the patient's
perception. The study aims to analyze which asthma-related, psychological, and family
variables affect the QoL of adolescents with asthma.
Design and methods
This cross-sectional design involves 150 patients diagnosed with asthma aged between
12 and 16 years. The patients' emotional symptomatology, the threat of illness, self-esteem,
bonds, quality of life, family, and disease variables were assessed. Statistical analyses
were performed using QCA models.
Results
The results indicate that girls have a poorer QoL, and age is negatively associated.
QCA models found that the variables that best explained the quality of life of these
patients, in the case of the medical indicators, were control, good compliance, shorter
diagnosis times, and improvement. Regarding psychological variables: a lower threat
of illness, less emotional distress, and better parental mood explained the high QoL.
Conclusions and practical implications
Adolescent QoL is affected by variables related to their asthma that are beyond their
control and other psychological and family variables that may increase the perception
of their QoL.
Keywords
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Publication history
Published online: January 05, 2023
Accepted:
December 28,
2022
Received in revised form:
December 24,
2022
Received:
September 4,
2022
Publication stage
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