Version 1
: Received: 3 June 2023 / Approved: 5 June 2023 / Online: 5 June 2023 (05:00:52 CEST)
How to cite:
THEOFILOU, P.; VLASTOS, D.D. Investigating the Quality-of-Life Level in Children with Bronchial Asthma. Preprints2023, 2023060238. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.0238.v1
THEOFILOU, P.; VLASTOS, D.D. Investigating the Quality-of-Life Level in Children with Bronchial Asthma. Preprints 2023, 2023060238. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.0238.v1
THEOFILOU, P.; VLASTOS, D.D. Investigating the Quality-of-Life Level in Children with Bronchial Asthma. Preprints2023, 2023060238. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.0238.v1
APA Style
THEOFILOU, P., & VLASTOS, D.D. (2023). Investigating the Quality-of-Life Level in Children with Bronchial Asthma. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.0238.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
THEOFILOU, P. and DIMITRIS D. VLASTOS. 2023 "Investigating the Quality-of-Life Level in Children with Bronchial Asthma" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.0238.v1
Abstract
Asthma, like other chronic diseases, affects children prone to transitions of various aspects of their lives. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the level quality of life of children with bronchial asthma and to what extent the disease affects them their everyday life. The literature search was conducted a review of the articles was done in Greek and English, through electronic databases PubMed, Google Scholar and Scopus. The terms and conditions their combinations used for the search were: “kids”, “children”, "pediatric asthma", "quality of life (QOL)", "health", "adolescents". The search was limited to the last five years (2015 – 2020) and finally 12 were selected articles. The most important areas negatively affected by quality of life of children with asthma are physical activity, their emotional state, school performance and sleep quality when it is connected to other factors. Important role in quality of life of these children has asthma management, disease severity and other environmental factors. Medical and nursing staff need to guide them asthmatic children and their families to have a good everyday life. Having the necessary knowledge needed for the quality-of-life health professionals should include in their medical nursing caring methods of achieving and maintaining a lifestyle that is no different than that of healthy children.
Keywords
Quality-of-Life; children; asthma
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Public Health and Health Services
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