title: [Quality of life of patients with asthma which has been well and poorly controlled].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of the study was to assess the quality of life of patients with asthma who were well and poorly controlled.
  
  
  METHODS
  70 patients with diagnosed asthma, aged from 18 to 40, were included into the study between November 2005 and February 2006 at the Specialist Hospital in Chojnice and Allergy out-patient Clinic of Medical University of Gdańsk. The diagnosis and stage of asthma, as well as the assessment of the control of disease was performed by the physician. Quality of life was assessed with the use of St. George Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ). Statistical analysis was made with the use of computer statistical program Statistica.
  
  
  RESULTS
  According to GINA in 26 patients mild asthma was diagnosed, in 31 - moderated and in 13 - severe disease. 41 patients were assessed as well controlled and 29 - as poorly controlled. Older age and longer duration of the disease were related to severe asthma, p = 0.01 and p = 0.003, respectively. In well controlled patients overall score for SGRQ was 48.86, whereas in poorly controlled was - 74.4. There was a significant difference between the overall quality of life in well and poorly controlled patients with asthma, p = 0.0001. This difference was found in all three domains: for symptoms, activity and impact on life, p = 0.014, p = 0.035 and p = 0.003, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Quality of life is strongly dependent on the control of symptoms in asthmatic patients.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Alergologii Katedry Pneumonologii i Alergologii A kademii Medycznej w Gdańsku.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chełmińska
authors.forename: Lidia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Werachowska
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niedoszytko
authors.forename: Marceli
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bolałek
authors.forename: Amelia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szymanowska
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Damps-Konstańska
authors.forename: Jan Marek
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Słomiński
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jassem
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001249:Asthma / Q000145:classification* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D018434:Sickness Impact Profile; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents