Contribution of caregiver and child anxiety and depressive symptoms to child asthma-related quality of life

CONCLUSION: After adjusting variance in QoL for demographic characteristics and asthma control, caregiver and child depression and anxiety measures significantly increased the proportion of variance explained in child's asthma-related QoL. In addition to better asthma control, child and caregiver depression and anxiety should be addressed to increase child asthma-related QoL.PMID:38458318 | DOI:10.1016/j.anai.2024.02.026

Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - March 8, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Do Young Gwak Juliann C Tea Fariya N Fatima Jayme M Palka Heather Lehman David A Khan Hannah Zhou Beatrice L Wood Bruce D Miller E Sherwood Brown Source Type: research