Structural Equation Model of Health-Related Quality of Life in School Age Children with Asthma
10.4040/jkan.2018.48.1.96
- Author:
Yunsoo KIM
1
;
Ho Ran PARK
Author Information
1. Seoul Women's College of Nursing, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
2018;48(1):96-108
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
PURPOSE:This study aimed to construct and test a hypothetical model of the quality of life of school-age children with asthma based on the health-related quality of life model by Wilson and Cleary.
METHODS:Data were collected from 205 pairs of pediatric outpatients diagnosed with asthma and their parents in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do from July 2016 to April 2017. The exogenous variables were asthma knowledge, number of accompanying allergic diseases, and social support. The endogenous variables were asthma self-efficacy, asthma symptom control, perceived health status, parental quality of life, and children's quality of life. For data analysis, descriptive statistics, factor analysis, and structural equation modeling were performed.
RESULTS:Eighteen of the twenty-four hypotheses selected for the hypothetical model were attentive and supported statistically. Quality of life was explained by asthma self-efficacy, asthma symptom control, perceived health, parental quality of life, and asthma knowledge with 83.5%.
CONCLUSION:Strategies for promoting self-efficacy and enforcing asthma knowledge will be helpful for the improvement of health-related quality of life with school-aged asthmatic children.
