Health-related quality of life assessment using EQ-5D-Y questionnaire in a group of Egyptian asthmatic children
Hossny, E., El-Owaidy, R., Abdel Raouf, B., A. Innajih, S. (2020). Health-related quality of life assessment using EQ-5D-Y questionnaire in a group of Egyptian asthmatic children. EKB Journal Management System, 18(1), 25-34. doi: 10.21608/ejpa.2020.81766
Elham Hossny; Rasha El-Owaidy; Batoul Abdel Raouf; Samia Aboajela A. Innajih. "Health-related quality of life assessment using EQ-5D-Y questionnaire in a group of Egyptian asthmatic children". EKB Journal Management System, 18, 1, 2020, 25-34. doi: 10.21608/ejpa.2020.81766
Hossny, E., El-Owaidy, R., Abdel Raouf, B., A. Innajih, S. (2020). 'Health-related quality of life assessment using EQ-5D-Y questionnaire in a group of Egyptian asthmatic children', EKB Journal Management System, 18(1), pp. 25-34. doi: 10.21608/ejpa.2020.81766
Hossny, E., El-Owaidy, R., Abdel Raouf, B., A. Innajih, S. Health-related quality of life assessment using EQ-5D-Y questionnaire in a group of Egyptian asthmatic children. EKB Journal Management System, 2020; 18(1): 25-34. doi: 10.21608/ejpa.2020.81766

Health-related quality of life assessment using EQ-5D-Y questionnaire in a group of Egyptian asthmatic children

The Egyptian Journal of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
Article 4, Volume 18, Issue 1, April 2020, Page 25-34  XML PDF (430.44 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejpa.2020.81766
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Authors
Elham Hossny1; Rasha El-Owaidy email orcid 2; Batoul Abdel Raouf3; Samia Aboajela A. Innajih4
1Professor of Pediatrics Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Unit, Children's Hospital, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
2MD, PhD., Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Unit, Ain-Shams University, Egypt. Member, ESPAI, WAO, EAACI, ESID, ASID
3Pediatric Psychiatry Unit, Children’s Hospital, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
4Aljabal Algharbi University, Libya
Abstract
hildren's quality of life. We sought to investigate the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in a sample of Egyptian asthmatic children. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Unit of Ain Shams University, including three groups of age and gender-matched children, aged 6-12 years; an asthma group (n=100), non-asthmatic group with respiratory tract infections (n=114), and a healthy control group (n=100). The EQ-5D-Y questionnaire was used to evaluate the HRQoL in each study group. This questionnaire also comprises a visual analogue scale (VAS) which is scored from zero (worst) to 100 (best) as judged by the patient. Results: HRQoL assessment revealed that 86% of the asthmatic children faced problems with their daily activities, 43 % had worries, sadness and unhappiness and 22% had mobility problems (walking around). Thirteen percent of the cases expressed some pain or discomfort due to their disease, while self-care was the least affected (6%). Parameters of mobility, doing usual activities, feeling worried or sad were more frequently affected among the asthmatics in comparison to the other two groups (X2 = 37.02, 46.38, 22.90, respectively with p <0.001). Enrolled asthmatic children showed the lowest values of visual analogue scale (VAS) scores (mean ± SD: 72.2 ± 24.6) in comparison to the infection and healthy control groups (mean ± SD: 84.6 ± 12, 92.8 ± 9.6, respectively; f = 39.03; p value = 0.001). Conclusion: Asthma has a significant adverse impact on HRQoL of children and the EQ-5D-Y questionnaire could be an applicable instrument to measure their quality of life.
Keywords
Asthma; children; EQ-5D-Y; GINA; quality of life; visual analogue scale
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