Determinants of longitudinal health-related quality-of-life change in children with asthma from low-income families: a report from the PROMIS® Pediatric Asthma Study.
Determinants of longitudinal health-related quality-of-life change in children with asthma from low-income families: a report from the PROMIS® Pediatric Asthma Study.
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低收入家庭哮喘儿童与健康相关的生活质量纵向变化的决定因素:PROMIS® 小儿哮喘研究的报告。
DOI:
10.1111/cea.12827
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发表时间:
2017
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Huang,I-C
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Li,Z;Leite,WL;Thompson,LA;Gross,HE;Shenkman,EA;Reeve,BB;DeWalt,DA;Huang,I-C
BackgroundHow the longitudinal asthma control status and other socio‐demographic factors influence the changes of health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) among asthmatic children, especially from low‐income families, has not been fully investigated.ObjectivesThis study aimed to describe the trajectories of asthma‐specific HRQOL over 15 months and examine the effect of asthma control status on HRQOL by taking socio‐demographic factors into consideration.MethodsA total of 229 dyads of asthmatic children and their parents enroled in public insurance programs were recruited for assessing asthma control status and HRQOL over four time points of assessment. Asthma control status was measured using the Asthma Control and Communication Instrument, and asthma‐specific HRQOL was assessed using the Patient‐Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System's Pediatric Asthma Impact Scale. Latent growth models (LGMs) were applied to examine the trajectory of HRQOL and the factors contributing to the changes of HRQOL.ResultsUnconditional LGM revealed that HRQOL was improved over time. Conditional LGM suggested that accounting for asthma control and participants' socio‐demographic factors, the variation in the initial level of HRQOL was significant, yet the rate of change was not. Conditional LGM also revealed that poorly controlled asthma status was associated with poor HRQOL at each time point (P's < 0.05). Lower parental education was associated with lower baseline HRQOL (P< 0.05). Hispanic children had a larger increase in HRQOL over time (P< 0.01) than non‐Hispanic White children.ConclusionsVulnerable socio‐demographic characteristics and poorly controlled asthma status affect HRQOL in children. This finding encourages interventions to improve asthma control status and HRQOL in minority children.