• 作者：J.M. de Sousa Pinto^a ; ^b ; ^{jumsp@hotmail.com} ; J.I. Calvo Arenillas^c ; A.M. Martí ; n Nogueras^c ; J. Ramos Gonzá ; lez^d ; F.P. Gó ; mez Gó ; mez^e
• 关键词：Calidad de vida ; Asma ; Evaluació ; n en salud
• 刊名：Fisioterapia
• 出版年：2010
• 期刊代码：pca160_02115638
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：May-June 2010
• 卷：32
• 期：3
• 页码：116-122
• 文件大小：178 K

Objectives

This study has aimed to analyze the quality of life of asthmatic patients, evaluated by one generic and another specific instrument as well as to verify the correlations between them.

Material and methods

A cross-sectional, descriptive and observational study with 51 adult asthmatic subjects (26 men and 25 women) with a mean age of 54.46 years (SD 19.17 years), all recruited from the out-patient clinic of the University Hospital of Salamanca, Spain, from October 2008 to March 2009. A clinical evaluation was performed, this including the spirometry, a socio-demographical form and the application of the Spanish version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) and the Saint George Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ).

Results

Age correlated inversely and significantly with all the WHOQOL-BREF domains and only with the activity domain of the SGRQ. The severity classification and forced expiratory volume (FEV1%pred) did not show any relationship with any of the domains of both instruments. The physical and psychic domains of the WHOQOL-BREF correlated inversely and significantly with all the SGRQ domains.

Conclusions

In spite of the lack of relation between asthma severity and the different domains of the WHOQOL-BREF, the instrument is sensitive to the age variable and two of its four domains have correlated with all of the SGRQ domains.