Trial reportThe European respiratory journal2022
Violence-related distress and lung function in two longitudinal studies of youth.
Trial report in The European respiratory journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- Violence-Related Distress, Nasal Epithelial Gene Expression, and T17-High Asthma in Youth.Pediatric pulmonology · 2026Pooled it
- The Impact of War on Asthma, a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: An EAACI Task Force Report.Allergy · 2026Pooled it
- Impact of Chronic Stress and Trauma on Asthma Pathophysiology and Outcomes.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2026Review
- Observational Study: Lung Function and Symptom Control in Youth With Asthma up to 34 Months After COVID-19.Pediatric pulmonology · 2025Observational
- Asthma: Biomedical and Psychobiological Perspectives.Biopsychosocial science and medicine · 2025Review
- Health Disparities in Pediatric Asthma.Respiratory care · 2025Review
- The effects of violence and related stress on asthma.Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology · 2024Review
- Perspectives on Using Race in Pulmonary Function Testing: A National Survey Fellows and Program Directors.Respiratory care · 2024Article
- Socioeconomic status, diet, and recurrent severe asthma exacerbations in Puerto Rican youth.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. Global · 2024Article
- The Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Infection on Symptom Control and Lung Function in Children with Asthma.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2023Article
- Adverse Events during Adulthood, Child Maltreatment, and Asthma among British Adults in the UK Biobank.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2023Article
- Exposure to violence and asthma in Puerto Rican youth with high Th2 immunity.Pediatric pulmonology · 2023Article
- Child maltreatment and asthma.Pediatric pulmonology · 2022Review
- Association between 25-hydroxy vitamin D and lung function (FEV1, FVC, FEV1/FVC) in children and adults with asthma: A systematic review.Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest SocietyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundExposure to violence has been associated with lower lung function in cross-sectional studies.
methodsWe examined whether increasing violence-related distress over time is associated with worse lung function and worse asthma control or quality of life in a secondary analysis of a 48-week randomised clinical trial in 98 youth with asthma (aged 9-16 years) treated with low-dose inhaled corticosteroids (Vitamin D Kids Asthma Study (VDKA)). We then replicated our findings for lung function in a prospective study of 232 Puerto Rican youth followed for an average of 5.4 years. Violence-related distress was assessed using the Checklist of Children's Distress Symptoms (CCDS) scale. Our outcomes of interest were percent predicted lung function measures and (in VDKA only) asthma control (assessed using the Asthma Control Test) and asthma-related quality of life (assessed using the Pediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (PAQLQ)).
resultsIn a multivariable analysis in VDKA, each 1-point increment in CCDS score was associated with decrements of 3.27% in forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV
conclusionsOur findings suggest that violence-related distress may worsen lung function and quality of life in youth with asthma (even those treated with low-dose inhaled corticosteroids), and further support policies to reduce exposure to violence among children in the USA and Puerto Rico.
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