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General and disease-specific scales in children with asthma and their parents

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Abstract

Objective

To investigate and compare the efficiency of general and disease-specific life quality scales in children with asthma.

Methods

Children with asthma, and their parents completed the Childhood Asthma Control Test (C-ACT), Pediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (PAQLQ), Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL), and also underwent spirometry.

Results

82 children (55 males) with a median (IQR) age of 10.1 (8.9-10.5) years were included. C-ACT, PAQLQ and PedsQL child scores were significantly higher in children with controlled asthma.

Conclusions

Quality of life in children, assessed using diseasespecific quality of life measures, is better for children with good asthma control.

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  1. Department of Family Medicine, GATA Military School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

    Oktay Sari & Umit Aydogan

  2. Department of Adult Allergy and Immunology, GATA Military School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

    Mustafa Gulec

  3. Turkish Military Academy, Primary Care Examination Center, Department of Family Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

    Yusuf Cetin Doganer

  4. Department of Pediatric Allergy, GATA Military School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

    Suleyman Tolga Yavuz

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Sari, O., Aydogan, U., Gulec, M. et al. General and disease-specific scales in children with asthma and their parents. Indian Pediatr 54, 25–27 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-017-0991-8

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