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Original paper
Analysis of the impact of selected socio-demographic factors on quality of life of asthma patients

Ewa Szynkiewicz
,
Małgorzata Filanowicz
,
Małgorzata Graczyk
,
Bernadeta Cegła
,
Renata Jabłońska
,
Katarzyna Napiórkowska-Baran
,
Zbigniew Bartuzi

Postep Derm Alergol 2013; XXX, 4: 218–225
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/pdia.2013.37031
Online publish date: 2013/08/27
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Aim: To evaluate the influence of selected socio-demographic factors on quality of life of patients with different degrees of asthma severity.

Material and methods: The study was conducted in 2009–2010 in the Clinic of Allergology, Clinical Immunology and Internal Diseases in Dr J. Biziel University Hospital No. 2 in Bydgoszcz. Patients were divided into a tested group (126) and a control group (86). The criterion for the division was the degree of asthma control according to GINA 2006. The following tools were used: the author’s questionnaire containing questions about socio-demographic and clinical data, and the WHOQOL-100.

Results: In the tested group, a statistically significant correlation was observed between quality of life and age

(p < 0.002 for the entire population), education (p < 0.05 in the group with controlled asthma, p = 0.0005 for the entire population), professional activity (p < 0.003 in the group with partially controlled asthma, p < 0.05 with uncontrolled asthma and p < 0.0001 in the entire population), marital status (p = 0.025 for the entire population) and financial situation (p < 0.0001; p < 0.0002; p < 0.009 in all groups; p < 0.0001 in the entire population). There was no significant difference between quality of life, and sex and the place of residence of the respondents.

Conclusions: Age, education, professional activity, marital status and financial situation affect the assessment of quality of life in patients with asthma. Socio-demographic factors such as sex and the place of residence do not influence the assessment of quality of life in patients with asthma.
keywords:

socio-demographic factors, quality of life (qol), asthma, degree of control
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