TY - JOUR
T1 - Quality of life in asthma
T2 - A comparison of community and hospital asthma patients
AU - Adams, Robert
AU - Wakefield, Melanie
AU - Wilson, David
AU - Parsons, Jacqueline
AU - Campbell, Donald
AU - Smith, Brian
AU - Ruffin, Richard
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by the University of Adelaide, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Research Foundation. Dr. Adams is a recipient of the Thoracic Society of Australia & New Zealand/Allen & Hanbury’s Respiratory Research Fellowship.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - This study compares the quality of life of a community sample of people with asthma in South Australia, using population norms, people suffering from other chronic diseases, and a sample of asthma patients from two hospital clinics. A representative population survey was performed by trained interviewers in spring 1995 of 3001 respondents aged ≥15 years. A physician's diagnosis of current asthma was reported by 299 (9.9%). The hospital clinic sample had a physician's diagnosis and lung function evidence of asthma (n = 293). All completed the SF-36 health survey. Standardized SF-36 scores, adjusted for age, sex, and social class, were significantly lower for respondents with asthma, compared with population norms, across all subscales of the SF-36 (p < 0.05). Physical component summary (PCS) and mental component summary (MCS) scores were not significantly different in people in the community sample with asthma from scores in people with diabetes and arthritis. PCS and MCS scores did not differ for those with similar symptom frequency in the community and hospital asthma samples, except that hospital patients with frequent symptoms had significantly lower MCS scores (p < 0.01). Asthma has a major impact on the health-related quality of life in the community, comparable to other chronic diseases. The SF-36 performs uniformly in asthma in different situations.
AB - This study compares the quality of life of a community sample of people with asthma in South Australia, using population norms, people suffering from other chronic diseases, and a sample of asthma patients from two hospital clinics. A representative population survey was performed by trained interviewers in spring 1995 of 3001 respondents aged ≥15 years. A physician's diagnosis of current asthma was reported by 299 (9.9%). The hospital clinic sample had a physician's diagnosis and lung function evidence of asthma (n = 293). All completed the SF-36 health survey. Standardized SF-36 scores, adjusted for age, sex, and social class, were significantly lower for respondents with asthma, compared with population norms, across all subscales of the SF-36 (p < 0.05). Physical component summary (PCS) and mental component summary (MCS) scores were not significantly different in people in the community sample with asthma from scores in people with diabetes and arthritis. PCS and MCS scores did not differ for those with similar symptom frequency in the community and hospital asthma samples, except that hospital patients with frequent symptoms had significantly lower MCS scores (p < 0.01). Asthma has a major impact on the health-related quality of life in the community, comparable to other chronic diseases. The SF-36 performs uniformly in asthma in different situations.
KW - Asthma
KW - Health-related quality of life
KW - Population studies
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U2 - 10.1081/JAS-100000107
DO - 10.1081/JAS-100000107
M3 - Article
C2 - 11392360
AN - SCOPUS:0035009452
SN - 0277-0903
VL - 38
SP - 205
EP - 214
JO - Journal of Asthma
JF - Journal of Asthma
IS - 3
ER -