Effect of psychological and other factors on quality of life amongst asthma outpatients in Lagos, Nigeria

Abstract Background This study aimed to assess the effect of psychological and other possible factors associated with poor health related quality of life (HRQOL) in outpatient with asthma in Lagos, Nigeria. Methods Patients (n  = 201) recruited from the adult asthma outpatient clinic were assessed f...

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Published in:Respiratory medicine 2017-01, Vol.122, p.67-70
Main Authors: Adeyeye, Olufunke O, Adewumi, Tomilola A, Adewuya, Abiodun O
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age
Aged
Anxiety
Asthma
Asthma - diagnosis
Asthma - economics
Asthma - epidemiology
Asthma - psychology
Demography
Depression - epidemiology
Depression - psychology
Education
Emotional distress
Female
Humans
Male
Marital status
Mental depression
Middle Aged
Nigeria - epidemiology
Outpatients - psychology
Perception
Pulmonary/Respiratory
Quality of life
Quality of Life - psychology
Severity of Illness Index
Social Support
Sociodemographics
Sociological Factors
Statistical analysis
Stress, Psychological - epidemiology
Stress, Psychological - psychology
Studies
Variance analysis
Young Adult
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Summary:Abstract Background This study aimed to assess the effect of psychological and other possible factors associated with poor health related quality of life (HRQOL) in outpatient with asthma in Lagos, Nigeria. Methods Patients (n  = 201) recruited from the adult asthma outpatient clinic were assessed for sociodemographic and asthma related variables. Levels of social support (with Oslo 3-Item Social Support Scale), disability (with WHO Disability Assessment Scale) were assessed. The presence of anxiety and depression was assessed using the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (M.I.N.I) and asthma related quality of life was assessed with the Mini-Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (Mini-AQLQ). Results Of the 4 domains of Mini-AQLQ, the “ environmental ” domain has the lowest weighted mean score of 2.43 (SD = 1.64) while the “activity limitation” domain has the highest mean score of 4.74 (SD = 1.57). Poor asthma related QOL was independently associated with being unemployed (p = 0.028), poor social support (p = 0.002), nocturnal asthma (p = 0.046), clinically rated “severe asthma” (p = 0.002), patients rated “severe asthma” (p 
ISSN:0954-6111
1532-3064
DOI:10.1016/j.rmed.2016.12.002