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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2015 Nov-Dec;29(6):536-46.
doi: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2015.04.018. Epub 2015 May 30.

Stress and Quality of Life in Urban Caregivers of Children With Poorly Controlled Asthma: A Longitudinal Analysis

Melissa H Bellin, Philip Osteen, Joan Kub, Mary E Bollinger, Mona Tsoukleris, Laurie Chaikind, Arlene M Butz
Randomized Controlled Trial

Stress and Quality of Life in Urban Caregivers of Children With Poorly Controlled Asthma: A Longitudinal Analysis

Melissa H Bellin et al. J Pediatr Health Care. 2015 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

Introduction: The intent of this analysis was to examine the longitudinal effects of risk and protective factors on quality of life (QOL) in caregivers of minority children with asthma.

Method: Caregivers (n = 300) reported on demographics, child asthma characteristics, daily asthma caregiving stress, general life stress, social support, and QOL. Latent growth curve modeling examined changes in QOL across 12 months as a function of stress, asthma control, and social support.

Results: Caregivers were primarily the biological mother (92%), single (71%), unemployed (55%), and living in poverty. Children were African American (96%), Medicaid eligible (92%), and had poorly controlled asthma (93%). Lower QOL was associated with higher life stress, greater asthma caregiving stress, and lower asthma control over time.

Discussion: Findings underscore the importance of assessing objective and subjective measures of asthma burden and daily life stress in clinical encounters with urban, low-income caregivers of children with poorly controlled asthma.

Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00860418.

Keywords: Asthma; caregivers; quality of life; stress.

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