QOL QUESTIONNAIRE VERSION 2001 FOR PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH BRONCHIAL ASTHMA AND THEIR PARENTS OR CAREGIVERS : Preparation and Evaluation

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  • 小児気管支喘息患児と親又は保護者のQOL調査票改訂版2001の作成と評価
  • ショウニ キカンシ ゼンソクカンジ ト シン マタ ワ ホゴシャ ノ QOL チョウサヒョウ カイテイバン 2001 ノ サクセイ ト ヒョウカ

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We already reported that the QOL questionnaire for pediatric patients with bronchial asthma and their parents or caregivers reflects reliability (including test retest), factorial validity, and changes in paroxysmal attacks of asthma. In this study, we revised the questionnaire for use in routine medical care. We investigated the importance of questions for affected children and their parents or caregivers and selected and discarded questions on the basis of average ranks of the importance and medical standpoint so that the questionnaire might have physical and emotional domains. The QOL questionnaire version 2001 for pediatric patients with bronchial asthma and their parents or caregivers (hereafter to be abbreviated as the version 2001) includes 15 questions for patients under the age of 4 years and 20 questions for patients over the age of 4 years and 4 year-old. The "present" and "absent" groups, which were categorized with respect to the events (e.g., attack) that developed in 2 weeks prior to the QOL investigation, showed a significant difference (Mann-Whitney Utest) in terms of the total score of replies which constitute each domain, i.e., physical domain (p=0.0052) in patients under the age of 4 years and physical domain (p<0.0001) and emotional domain (p<0.0001) in patients over the age of 4 years and 4 year-old. Regarding the average value of each reply which constitutes the domain as well, the physical domain showed a decrease in symptom instability and the "&gnE;4 years" group showed a decrease in exertional load and mental load. Therefore, a QOL investigation like ours which investigates disorders in which attacks develop suddenly, e.g., asthma, should examine the presence or absence of all events prior to the investigation. The version 2001 was considered useful for affected children and their parents or caregivers to comprehend the content and severity of impairments which were provoked by asthma.

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