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Published in: Quality of Life Research 4/2007

Open Access 01-05-2007 | Original Paper

The role of coping strategies in quality of life of adolescents with asthma

Authors: Monique O. M. Van De Ven, Rutger C. M. E. Engels, Susan M. Sawyer, Roy Otten, Regina J. J. M. Van Den Eijnden

Published in: Quality of Life Research | Issue 4/2007

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Abstract

This study aimed to determine which coping strategies are associated with better quality of life (QOL) in adolescents with asthma. Furthermore, because coping can mediate the effects of health stressors on QOL, this study also examined the indirect effect of asthma severity on QOL via coping. Between January and May 2003, 553 Dutch adolescents with asthma (aged 12–6 years) completed questionnaires assessing coping strategies, symptom severity, overall QOL and positive QOL domain (positive effects of asthma domain). The relations between symptom severity, coping strategies and QOL were tested with structural equation modelling (SEM). Symptom severity affected overall and positive QOL, both directly and indirectly via coping. The coping strategies restricted lifestyle and worrying about asthma were associated with poorer overall QOL. The use of the coping strategies restricted lifestyle, positive reappraisal, and information seeking was related to increased scores on the positive QOL domain, whereas hiding asthma was related to lower scores on the positive QOL domain.
The findings of this study suggest that coping mediates the effect of symptoms of asthma on QOL among adolescents with asthma. Several suggestions for interventions to improve asthma-specific QOL are discussed.
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Metadata
Title
The role of coping strategies in quality of life of adolescents with asthma
Authors
Monique O. M. Van De Ven
Rutger C. M. E. Engels
Susan M. Sawyer
Roy Otten
Regina J. J. M. Van Den Eijnden
Publication date
01-05-2007
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published in
Quality of Life Research / Issue 4/2007
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-006-9146-4

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