title: [Usefulness of the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire in assessing the quality of life of parents of children with asthma].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the quality of life (QOL) of parents of children with asthma and to analyze the internal consistency of the generic QOL tool World Health Organization Quality of Life, abbreviated version (WHOQOL-BREF).
  
  
  METHODS
  We evaluated the QOL of parents of asthmatic and healthy children aged between 8-16, using the generic WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire. We also evaluated the internal consistency using Cronbach's alpha (αC), in order to determine whether the tool had good validity for the target audience.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The study included 162 individuals with a mean age of 43.8±13.6 years, of which 104 were female (64.2%) and 128 were married (79.0%). When assessing the QOL, the group of parents of healthy children had higher scores than the group of parents of asthmatic children in the four areas evaluated by the questionnaire (Physical, Psychological Health, Social Relationships and Environment), indicating a better quality of life. Regarding the internal consistency of the WHOQOL-BREF, values of αC were 0.86 points for the group of parents of asthmatic children, and 0.88 for the group of parents of healthy children.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Parents of children with asthma have impaired quality of life due to their children's disease. Furthermore, the WHOQOL-BREF, even as a generic tool, showed to be practical and efficient to evaluate the quality of life of parents of asthmatic children.
authors.affiliation: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. Electronic address: crisron@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Cristian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Roncada
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: Caroline Pieta
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Dias
authors.affiliation: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: Suelen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goecks
authors.affiliation: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: Simone Elenise Falcão
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Cidade
authors.affiliation: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: Paulo Márcio Condessa
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Pitrez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life; D057566:Self Report
keywords: Adolescentes; Adolescents; Asma; Asthma; Caregivers; Children; Crianças; Cuidadores; Qualidade de vida; Quality of life; Questionnaire; Questionário