Uncontrolled asthma: Assessing quality of life and productivity of children and their caregivers using a cross-sectional Internet-based survey

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Dean, Bonnie B ^a   Calimlim, Brian C ^a   Sacco, Patricia ^b   Aguilar, Daniel ^a   Maykut, Robert ^b   Tinkelman, David ^c  

^a CERNER CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^c NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMOTIONAL DEPRIVATION; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING; SCHOOL STRESS; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM; TIME MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956494003     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-8-96     Document Type: Article

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