Asthma is a chronic health problem that encompasses the patient’s entire lifetime, and causes significant
mental and social problems in addition to physical symptoms. It is; therefore, considerably important to
evaluate the quality of life of the patients in addition to the symptoms in order to gather full information
about the health status of the patients.
Aim of the work: This study objective was to assess asthma related quality of life in a group of persistent
asthmatic patients and its correlation to level of asthma control, and objective measure of pulmonary
function (FEV1).
Patients and methods: 30 patients with persist asthma according to GINA classification of asthma were
entrolled in the study, assessment of asthma related quality of life was done by Juniper mini-AQLQ
(1999), level of asthma control by SINA-ACT questionnaire Arabic version, FEV1 by vitalograph and
Laboratory measurement of total IgE.
Results: total AQLQ was more in males than females weakly correlated with age, ACT was significantly
correlated with total AQLQ and three domains (activity, symptoms, environmental) while non significant
correlation with emotional domain, no significant correlation between AQLQ and FEV1, total IgE, no significant
difference between patients on omalizumab and patients not on the treatment regarding total
AQLQ and its four domains except environmental domain, ACT or FEV1.
Conclusion: Asthma quality of life is strongly correlated to level asthma control rather than the objective
measures of FEV1, so it complements the results of objective assessments. Asthma related quality of life
questionnaire should be implemented in the routine assessment of persistent asthmatic patients. |
