English (United Kingdom)

https://curated-unify.zendy.io/wp-json/zendy-region/v1/featured_content/oa?rat=en

https://curated-unify.zendy.io/wp-json/zendy-region/v1/highlighted_journal/

Global: Zendy Plus annual

Presents the access of premium content as premium feature

Premium Content

Presents the keyphrase highlighting as premium feature

Keyphrase Highlighting

Presents the summarisation as premium feature

Summarisation

Insights

Presents the pdf analysis as premium feature

PDF Analysis

Presents the zaia usage as premium feature

ZAIA

Global: Zendy Tools annual

Global: Zendy Free Plan

Global: Zendy Tools monthly

Global: Zendy Plus monthly

Quality of life questionnaires (QOLQs) are an important part of the clinical assessment. There are few studies in India evaluating QOL in children with childhood asthma. Objectives: The objective was to construct a parent answered QOLQ for asthmatic children under 5 years of age and to compare QOLQ with symptoms. Materials and Methods: Exploratory/pilot study conducted between January and December 2011 in asthma clinic of an urban teaching hospital. Asthmatic children below 5 years of age, who had at least three asthma attacks in the past year, were included in the study. A QOLQ was constructed having 18 items, distributed under four domains (symptoms, environment, physical activity, and behavior). Validity of QOLQ was checked and was presented to parents in a simple language, and they were taught to score them from 1 to 7. Results: Study consists of 41 asthmatic children (mean age = 3.7±1.1 years) with 26 (63.8%) male and 15 (36.5%) females. 15 age-matched (mean age 4±1.2 years) normal controls were also taken. The mean score was significantly higher (p≤0.05) for the domain of symptoms (4.2±2), than the domains of environment (3.6±1.8), and behavior (3.6±1.6), and these were higher than those of physical activity (3.2±2.65, p≤0.05). The mean domains of asthmatics were significantly higher (30-34%) than the controls, suggesting that the QOLQ was measuring what it was supposed to measure. Scores of the QOLQ correlated with the severity of symptoms. Conclusion: It is possible to determine the QOL of children below 5 years of age with parents acting as a proxy. However, larger data is needed to confirm its clinical usefulness and application. Key words: Childhood asthma, Children under 5, Caretakers, Parents, Proxy, Quality of life, Questionnaire

EVALUATING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN ASTHMATIC CHILDREN LESS THAN 5 YEARS IN AN URBAN SETTING IN MUMBAI: A PILOT STUDY