title: The Serbian version of the pediatric asthma quality of life questionnaire in daily practice.
abstract: Asthma is the most common chronic disease in children and adolescents and a serious global health problem, thus severely affecting the health related quality of life (HRQL). This study was aimed at exploring the potential role of the Serbian, self administered version of the Pediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (PAQLQ) in the routine clinical evaluation of children suffering from bronchial asthma. One hundred Serbian children and adolescents (62 males and 38 females), aged 7 to 17 years, affected by allergic asthma, were enrolled. Each patient was evaluated once, and asthma control and severity were assessed, spirometry was performed, FeNO measurements were performed and the patients completed the self-administered version of the PAQLQ. PAQLQ differed according to asthma severity, NO variation and Asthma Control Test (ACT) score. No correlations were found between the questionnaire's score and FEV(1) percent of predicted. The Serbian version of the PAQLQ is a feasible aid to clinical measurements and used in routine practice gives a good insight into asthma control and severity.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital for Respiratory Diseases and TB, Clinical Centre Dr Dragiŝa Miŝović-Dedinje, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia. cerovicsofija@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Sofija
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cerović
authors.forename: Zorica
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zivković
authors.forename: Branislava
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Milenković
authors.forename: Jasmina Jocić
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Stojanović
authors.forename: Aleksandra Opanĉina
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Bajec
authors.forename: Zoran
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Vukaŝinović
authors.forename: Vesna
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Veković
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D001944:Breath Tests; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D010372:Pediatrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D055771:Serbia; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D009569:Nitric Oxide