Reliability and predictors of resistive load detection in children with persistent asthma: a multivariate approach.
Reliability and predictors of resistive load detection in children with persistent asthma: a multivariate approach.
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10.3109/02770903.2014.955188
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2015-03
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Humphries CT
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Harver A;Dyer A;Ersek JL;Kotses H;Humphries CT
Resistive load detection tasks enable analysis of individual differences in psychophysical outcomes. The purpose of this study was to determine both the reliability and predictors of resistive load detection in children with persistent asthma who completed multiple testing sessions. Both UNC Charlotte and Ohio University institutional review boards approved the research protocol. The detection of inspiratory resistive loads was evaluated in 75 children with asthma between 8 and 15 years of age. Each child participated in four experimental sessions that occurred approximately once every two weeks. Multivariate analyses were used to delineate predictors of task performance. Reliability of resistive load detection was determined for each child, and predictors of load detection outcomes were investigated in two groups of children: those who performed reliably in all four sessions (n = 31) and those who performed reliably in three or fewer sessions (n = 44). Three factors (development, symptoms, and compliance) accounted for 66.3% of the variance among variables that predicted 38.7% of the variance in load detection outcomes (Multiple R = 0.62, p = .004) and correctly classified performance as reliable or less reliable in 80.6% of the children (χ2(12) = 28.88, p = .004). Cognitive and physical development, appraisal of symptom experiences, and adherence-related behaviors 1) account for a significant proportion of the interrelationships among variables that affect perception of airflow obstruction in children with asthma and 2) differentiate between children who perform more or less reliably in a resistive load detection task.