title: [Quality of life of children with bronchial asthma disease].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of this study was to determine how children with bronchial asthma disease assess their quality of life and to find domains of physical and psychosocial health in relation to age and gender. The quality of life compared with the healthy children and parents of asthmatic children and healthy parents.
  
  
  METHODS
  The research sample consisted of 199 children and 125 parents. Adepts for the study were selected by standardized questionnaires on the quality of life of the pediatric version of the PedsQL 4.0 and questionnaires PedsQL 2.0 module impact on the family. The research was conducted between September 2010 and January 2011 in the pediatric allergology ambulances and physicians in the University and Municipal Hospital in Ostrava.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean quality of life of asthmatic children is 74.41, a statistically significant difference between the physical (78,81) and psychosocial (72,06) dimensions of health. The analysis shows that girls evaluate their quality of life worse than boys. The worst quality of life was found among children in the age group 5-7 years. No statistically significant difference in the quality of life was found between the asthmatic and healthy children. Between parents of asthmatic and healthy children statistically significant difference in the quality of life was found.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Between asthmatic and healthy children no difference in the quality of life was found. We must not forget that the quality of life of the parents of asthmatic children is significantly influenced by the chronic disease of their children.
authors.affiliation: Ostravská univerzita v Ostrave, Lékarská fakulta, Ustav osetrovatelství a porodní asistence, Zábreh. janachroma@centrum.cz
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chromá
authors.forename: Jaroslav
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Slaný
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D002666:Psychology, Child; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires