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Abstract
Quality of Life (QOL) has been considered an important variable to be managed in airway
diseases. Bronchial asthma can reduce QOL as a result of profound physical and psychosocial
complications. Asthma triggers include allergens, infections, exercise, cold air, and emotions. The
aim of this work was to assess quality of life for patients with bronchial asthma, to identify factors
affecting quality of life for patients with bronchial asthma and to determine the effect of these factors
on the quality of life for patients with bronchial asthma. Methodology: Three tools were used in this
study: A structured Interview questionnaire, Asthma quality of life questionnaire with standardized
activities (AQOLQ(S)) and Asthma Trigger Inventory. Setting: the Out-Patient Chest Clinic in Ain
Sham University Hospitals. Sample: A purposive sample of 60 patients with Bronchial asthma.
Results: The majority of the patients in the study group have unsatisfactory quality of life related to
bronchial asthma. More than half of patients had satisfactory level of knowledge. Smoking was the
strongest trigger reported by 83.3% of the study subject, while, two thirds (66.7%, 60%) of the study
subject reported that flu and exhaust of fumes respectively. Conclusion: the study concluded that the
majority of patients not satisfied with their QOL. As well, the result showed that, smoking was a
trigger for most of the study subject, while, for more than half of them it was complaint of flu and
exhaust of fumes. There were no statistically significant relations between QOL domains and
gender, duration of disease, educational level, residence and smoking. However, there were
statistically significant relation between QOL domains and age; also, there is a border line
significant relation between working status and marital status. Recommendations: Continuous
assessment for patients with bronchial asthma should be done by using a brief quality of life
questionnaire as AQOLQ as a routine work in the outpatient clinic in order to assess patients
condition, to detect early evolving problems affecting the quality of life and determine factors that
affect quality of life for the Egyptian patients with bronchial asthma.
Key words: Bronchial asthma, quality of life