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Date Published: 13/09/2021
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v505i2.1089
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Vol. 505 No. 2 (2021)
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Thị Hương B. ., & Thị Diệu Thúy N. . (2021). QUALITY OF LIFE OF ADOLESCENTS WITH ASTHMA. Vietnam Medical Journal, 505(2). https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v505i2.1089

QUALITY OF LIFE OF ADOLESCENTS WITH ASTHMA

Bùi Thị Hương1,2,, Nguyễn Thị Diệu Thúy1
1 Hanoi Medical University
2 Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital

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Abstract

Ojective: Asthma is a chronic airway inflammation which affects to quality of life of patients with asthma. The aim of this study was  to assess the quality of life (QoL) of adolescents with asthma according to the AQLQ12+ scale ((Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire for 12 years and older) and to investigate some related factors. Subjects and methods: A descriptive cross - sectional study on 48 adolescents with asthma aged  between 12 – 18 years  old which were examined at the Department of  Allery- Immunology - Rhematology of the National Children's Hospital. Results:  The male/female rate was 1.85/1, the median age was 13 years old (range 12-18 years). The adherence rate to asthma treatment was 67.4% and 70.8% having  asthma control. The rate of patients with  low  QoL was 8.3% while the figure for moderate QoL was 43.8%. QoL of female was lower than that of male. The QoL of moderate and severe asthma group affected 9.67 times higher than that of mild asthma, the QoL of treatment non-adherent group affected 4.09 times higher than that of adherent group. There was a high level of positive correlation between asthma control and QoL (r = 0.686; p = 0.00). There was a low positive correlation between %FEV1 and QOL (r = 0.334; p = 0.02). Conclusions: Asthma had an effect on QoL of  adolescents.  The  effected  factors included gender, severity of asthma, adherence to treatment and asthma control.

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Adolescents, asthma, quality of life

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