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. 2015 Jul-Sep;33(3):268-74.
doi: 10.1016/j.rpped.2015.01.007. Epub 2015 Jun 9.

[Usefulness of the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire in assessing the quality of life of parents of children with asthma]

[Article in Portuguese]
Cristian Roncada  1 , Caroline Pieta Dias  2 , Suelen Goecks  3 , Simone Elenise Falcão Cidade  3 , Paulo Márcio Condessa Pitrez  3
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[Usefulness of the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire in assessing the quality of life of parents of children with asthma]

[Article in Portuguese]
Cristian Roncada et al. Rev Paul Pediatr. 2015 Jul-Sep.

Abstract

Objective::: To evaluate the quality of life (QOL) of parents of children with asthma and to analyze the internal consistency of the generic QOL tool World Health Organization Quality of Life, abbreviated version (WHOQOL-BREF).

Methods::: We evaluated the QOL of parents of asthmatic and healthy children aged between 8 and 16, using the generic WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire. We also evaluated the internal consistency using Cronbach's alpha (αC), in order to determine whether the tool had good validity for the target audience.

Results::: The study included 162 individuals with a mean age of 43.8±13.6 years, of which 104 were female (64.2%) and 128 were married (79.0%). When assessing the QOL, the group of parents of healthy children had higher scores than the group of parents of asthmatic children in the four areas evaluated by the questionnaire (Physical, Psychological Health, Social Relationships and Environment), indicating a better quality of life. Regarding the internal consistency of the WHOQOL-BREF, values of ˛C were 0.86 points for the group of parents of asthmatic children, and 0.88 for the group of parents of healthy children.

Conclusions::: Parents of children with asthma have impaired quality of life due to their children's disease. Furthermore, the WHOQOL-BREF, even as a generic tool, showed to be practical and efficient to evaluate the quality of life of parents of asthmatic children. © 2015 Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda. All rights reserved.

Keywords: Adolescentes; Adolescents; Asma; Asthma; Caregivers; Children; Crianças; Cuidadores; Qualidade de vida; Quality of life; Questionnaire; Questionário.

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Conflicts of interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Figures

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Figure 1. Quality of life assessment using the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire.
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Figura 1. Avaliação da qualidade de vida com questionário WHOQOL‐BREF.
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