title: Is rural school-aged children's quality of life affected by their responses to asthma?
abstract: The unpredictable nature of asthma makes it stressful for children and can affect their quality of life (QOL). An exploratory analysis of 183 rural school-aged children's data was conducted to determine relationships among demographic factors, children's responses to asthma (coping and asthma self-management), and their QOL. Coping frequency, asthma severity, and race/ethnicity significantly predicted children's asthma-related QOL. Children reported more frequent coping as asthma-related QOL worsened (higher scores). Children with more asthma severity had worse asthma-related QOL. Post hoc analyses showed that racial/ethnic minorities reported worse asthma-related QOL scores than did non-Hispanic Whites.
authors.affiliation: The University of Texas, Austin School of Nursing, Austin, TX, USA. s.horner@mail.utexas.edu
authors.forename: Sharon D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Horner
authors.forename: Sharon A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Veronica García
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001249:Asthma / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population; D012648:Self Care; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013781:Texas