title: Pediatric obesity and asthma quality of life.
abstract: Widely researched as separate entities, our understanding of the comorbid effects of childhood obesity and asthma on quality of life is limited. This article discusses the effects of childhood obesity and asthma on self-reported quality of life in low-income African American teens with asthma. When controlling for the influence of symptom frequency, asthma classification, asthma self-efficacy, and asthma self-care levels, body mass index remains a most important factor in determining self-reported quality of life among teens with asthma. Although overweight and obesity did not change the effectiveness of the asthma intervention program, obesity did affect participants quality of life scores.
authors: Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL 60626, USA. bvelsor@luc.edu
authors: Barbara
authors: B
authors: Velsor-Friedrich
authors: Lisa K
authors: LK
authors: Militello
authors: Joanne
authors: J
authors: Kouba
authors: Patrick R
authors: PR
authors: Harrison
authors: Amy
authors: A
authors: Manion
authors: Rita
authors: R
authors: Doumit
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American; D001249:Asthma / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D009765:Obesity / Q000208:ethnology*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011203:Poverty; D011788:Quality of Life; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012573:School Nursing; D012648:Self Care / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population; D055815:Young Adult