Open AccessDeterminants of health outcome in individuals with asthma
Author(s) -
Axelsson Malin,
Ekerljung Linda,
Lundbäck Bo,
Lötvall Jan
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
clinical and translational allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.979
H-Index - 37
ISSN - 2045-7022
DOI - 10.1186/2045-7022-3-s1-p19
Subject(s) - agreeableness , medicine , conscientiousness , extraversion and introversion , neuroticism , asthma , quality of life (healthcare) , clinical psychology , big five personality traits , personality , mental health , psychiatry , psychology , nursing , social psychology
Background For many individuals, asthma has great impact on their everyday life, not least in terms of medication treatment and disease management. Therefore, it is important to evaluate recommended treatments on an individual level. In that respect, estimations of health-related quality of life (HRQL) function as an essential health outcome, as they capture personal perspectives and experiences of everyday life with a chronic disease such as asthma. The aim was to identify determinants of health-related quality of life in adult individuals with asthma.