title: Analysis of the impact of selected socio-demographic factors on quality of life of asthma patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the influence of selected socio-demographic factors on quality of life of patients with different degrees of asthma severity.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was conducted in 2009-2010 in the Clinic of Allergology, Clinical Immunology and Internal Diseases in Dr J. Biziel University Hospital No. 2 in Bydgoszcz. Patients were divided into a tested group (126) and a control group (86). The criterion for the division was the degree of asthma control according to GINA 2006. The following tools were used: the author's questionnaire containing questions about socio-demographic and clinical data, and the WHOQOL-100.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the tested group, a statistically significant correlation was observed between quality of life and age (p < 0.002 for the entire population), education (p < 0.05 in the group with controlled asthma, p = 0.0005 for the entire population), professional activity (p < 0.003 in the group with partially controlled asthma, p < 0.05 with uncontrolled asthma and p < 0.0001 in the entire population), marital status (p = 0.025 for the entire population) and financial situation (p < 0.0001; p < 0.0002; p < 0.009 in all groups; p < 0.0001 in the entire population). There was no significant difference between quality of life, and sex and the place of residence of the respondents.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Age, education, professional activity, marital status and financial situation affect the assessment of quality of life in patients with asthma. Socio-demographic factors such as sex and the place of residence do not influence the assessment of quality of life in patients with asthma.
authors.affiliation: Chair and Clinic of Allergology, Clinical Immunology and Internal Diseases, University Hospital No. 2, Bydgoszcz, Poland. Head: Prof. Zbigniew Bartuzi MD, PhD ; Department of Nursing in Internal Diseases, , Collegium Medicum , Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland. Head: Bernadeta Cegła PhD.
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Szynkiewicz
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Filanowicz
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Graczyk
authors.forename: Bernadeta
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cegła
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jabłońska
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Napiórkowska-Baran
authors.forename: Zbigniew
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Bartuzi
keywords: asthma; degree of control; quality of life; socio-demographic factors