Asma inducida por ejercicio: Diferencias en la percepciónde síntomas entre pacientes pediátricos y sus padres / Exercise-induced asthma as perceived by pediatric patients and their parents
Rev. méd. Chile
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134(6): 743-748, jun. 2006. tab, graf
Article
in Spanish
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Exercise is a frequent trigger of symptoms in asthmatic children and it worsens their quality of life.Aim:
To compare the perception about exercise among asthmatic pediatric patients and their parents. Material andmethods:
Asthmatic patients with symptoms related to exercise, were tested with an exercise challenge test following the Tal protocol. Before testing, a questionnaire about symptoms triggered by exercise was answered by children and their parents. The data was analyzed with a Kappa correlation test.Results:
Seventy five patients, aged 6 to 15 years, were studied. Forty one percent exercised less than one hour per week. Although 64% reported to experience respiratory difficulty and 80% cough during exertion, 87% were willing to perform more exercise. Forty percent of all patients had a positive challenge test for exercise-induced asthma. Correlation between patient's and parent's answers about the effect of physical activity exercise was low, with a kappa of 0.53. There was no correlation between exercise test and the answers to the questionnaire.Conclusions:
Children with asthma frequently have exercise-associated symptoms and parental perception about this problem is very low.
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Parents
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Asthma, Exercise-Induced
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Patient Education as Topic
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2006
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
Institution/Affiliation country:
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile/CL
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