title: [The impact of psychological variables on the presentation and progress of asthma and patient's cognitive functions].
abstract: Chronic respiratory system diseases become serious public health problem all over the world. The most prevalent are obstructive diseases (asthma and COPD). The prevalence of asthma is still high and concern patients representing wide range of age and socio-economic status. Despite progress in diagnostic and therapeutic options several studies showed that asthma has an impact on health-related quality of life and patients' coping. Asthma as chronic condition results in limitations of patients activity and social relations. Thus psychosocial variables, which may have an impact on asthma symptoms presentation and disease progress, should be considered. There are only few reports concerning cognitive functions in asthma. The aim of the study was to assess the potential impact of psychosocial factors on asthma symptoms presentation, and cognitive function in asthma patients.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Psychiatrii Dorosłych Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Łodzi. talarowskamonika@wp.pl
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Talarowska
authors.forename: Antoni
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Florkowski
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gałecki
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szemraj
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zboralski
authors.forename: Tadeusz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pietras
authors.forename: Paweł
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Górski
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D011788:Quality of Life