ReviewThe Journal of allergy and clinical immunology2012
Asthma outcomes: quality of life.
Review in The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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60 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 164 citations in OpenAlex.
- Patterns and Clinical Efficacy of Biologics Switching in Patients With Severe Asthma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Allergy · 2026Pooled it
- Development of Core Outcome Measures sets for paediatric and adult Severe Asthma (COMSA).The European respiratory journal · 2023Pooled it
- Objective and Subjective Measurement of Cough in Asthma: A Systematic Review of the Literature.Lung · 2022Pooled it
- Developing core economic parameter sets for asthma studies: a realist review and an analytical framework.BMJ open · 2020Pooled it
- Self-management interventions to reduce healthcare use and improve quality of life among patients with asthma: systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2020Pooled it
- Patient-reported outcome measures for asthma: a systematic review.NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2014Pooled it
- Vitamins C and E for asthma and exercise-induced bronchoconstriction.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014Pooled it
- Vitamin C for asthma and exercise-induced bronchoconstriction.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
- School-Based Telemedicine Interventions for Asthma: A Systematic Review.Academic pediatricsPooled it
- Parental quality of life and self-efficacy in pediatric asthma.The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma · 2021Trial
- A new measure to assess asthma's effect on quality of life from the patient's perspective.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2018Trial
- Longitudinal co-variations between inflammatory cytokines, lung function and patient reported outcomes in patients with asthma.PloS one · 2017Trial
- Predictors of Asthma Control by Stepwise Treatment in Elderly Asthmatic Patients.Journal of Korean medical science · 2015Trial
- DASH for asthma: a pilot study of the DASH diet in not-well-controlled adult asthma.Contemporary clinical trials · 2013Trial
- ASTHMAXcelED: A Patient-Facing Asthma Mobile Application with High User Acceptance and Improved Clinical Outcomes.ACI open · 2026Article
- Validity of the Chronic Airways Assessment Test (CAAT) in asthma, asthma+COPD and COPD in NOVELTY.ERJ open research · 2025Article
- Peripheral Airway Obstruction in Association with Symptoms and Quality of Life in Asthma.Journal of asthma and allergy · 2025Article
- The effects of benralizumab on lung volume changes during exercise in experimental setting in severe asthmatics: a pilot study.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Article
- Risk Factors Associated with Asthma Control and Quality of Life in Patients with Mild Asthma Without Preventer Treatment, a Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of asthma and allergy · 2024Article
- Perception of burden of oral and inhaled corticosteroid adverse effects on asthma-specific quality of life.Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology · 2023Article
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Abstract
background"Asthma-related quality of life" (QOL) refers to the perceived impact that asthma has on the patient's QOL.
objectiveNational Institutes of Health institutes and other federal agencies convened an expert group to recommend standardized measures of the impact of asthma on QOL for use in future asthma clinical research.
methodsWe reviewed published documentation regarding the development and psychometric evaluation; clinical research use since 2000; and extent to which the content of each existing QOL instrument provides a unique, reliable, and valid assessment of the intended construct. We classified instruments as core (required in future studies), supplemental (used according to the study's aims and standardized), or emerging (requiring validation and standardization). This work was discussed at an National Institutes of Health-organized workshop convened in March 2010 and finalized in September 2011.
resultsEleven instruments for adults and 6 for children were identified for review. None qualified as core instruments because they predominantly measured indicators of asthma control (symptoms and/or functional status); failed to provide a distinct, reliable score measuring all key dimensions of the intended construct; and/or lacked adequate psychometric data.
conclusionsIn the absence of existing instruments that meet the stated criteria, currently available instruments are classified as either supplemental or emerging. Research is strongly recommended to develop and evaluate instruments that provide a distinct, reliable measure of the patient's perception of the impact of asthma on all of the key dimensions of QOL, an important outcome that is not captured in other outcome measures.
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