Andrea J. Apter|Susan Reisine|Glenn Affleck|Erik Barrows|Richard ZuWallack
The influence of demographic and socioeconomic factors on health-related quality of life in asthma
University of Connecticut Health Center
although healthrelated quality life hrql asthma strongly influenced disease severity demographic socioeconomic variables may also important factorswe related demographics asthma severity socioeconomic factors hrqlwe interviewed 50 patients moderate severe asthma recruited outpatient health centerbased clinics determine demographics socioeconomic status asthma severity medication use hrql hrql mean total score asthma quality life questionnaire aqlq medical outcomes study shortform 36 questionnaires physical mental component summary scores pcs mcs respectively usedthe mean patient age 46 14 years fev1 75 21 predicted value twentynine subjects hospitalized asthma 29 belonged minority racialethnic group 16 less 12 years education mean total aqlq score 412 142 pcs 37 10 mcs 45 13 univariate analyses severity nighttime awakenings prednisone use history emergency department visits racialethnic group african american white hispanic socioeconomic status low educational level unemployed family income 20000 public assistance health insurance related hrql factors explained 67 variance aqlq 48 variance pcs much quality life variance shared among variables explanatory variables related mcs multivariate analysissocioeconomic status additional important independent factor influencing hrql asthma study difficult separate unique effects socioeconomic status raceethnicity