Qualidade de vida de crianças e adolescentes asmáticos: Sua relação com estratégias de enfrentamento materno
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2013-06-01
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Perosa, Gimol Benzaquen [UNESP]
Amato, Isabel de Andrade
Rugolo, Ligia Maria Suppo de Souza [UNESP]
Ferrari, Giesela Fleischer [UNESP]
de Oliveira, Maria Carolina F. A.
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Objective: To evaluate the quality of life of asthmatic children and adolescents, its relation with sociodemographic and clinical variables, and maternal coping strategies. Methods: Cross-sectional study in which children and adolescents with asthma answered a quality of life questionnaire, and their mothers did the same with a coping scale. Results: Out of the 42 children and adolescents investigated, 74% were classified as having mild/severe persistent asthma; 19%, mild persistent asthma; and 7%, intermittent asthma. A total of 69% of the participants showed impaired quality of life with mean scores ranging between 4.7 and 3.5, with greater harm in the domain of symptoms (score=3.6). There was a significant association between maternal schooling and the general index of quality of life, whereas maternal coping strategies were not associated with the severity of asthma. A large number of strategies used by mothers to cope with their children's crises were related to the management of stressors or to religious practices, and the latter presented negative correlation with the children's quality of life general index, showing that mothers whose children had worse quality of life used more religious coping. Conclusions: Asthmatic children, particularly those with moderate/severe persistent asthma, showed significant alterations as to quality of life. The high percentage of mothers using religious strategies, particularly in face of more severe clinical conditions, seem to indicate that they feel powerless to act, thus requiring concrete and useful orientation to low income families.
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Adolescent, Asthma, Child, Coping, Quality of life, adolescent, adult, asthma, child, child health, clinical article, controlled study, coping behavior, cross-sectional study, disease severity, emotionality, female, human, male, maternal attitude, mother child relation, problem solving, quality of life, religion, school child, social status, social support
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Revista Paulista de Pediatria, v. 31, n. 2, p. 145-151, 2013.