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Lammers N, van Hoesel MHT, Brusse-Keizer MGJ, van der Palen J, Spenkelink-Visser R, Driessen JMM, Thio BJ. Can Pediatricians Assess Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction From Post-exercise Videos? Front Pediatr 2019; 7:561. [PMID: 32039118 PMCID: PMC6989467 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2019.00561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2019] [Accepted: 12/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Objective: Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) is a highly prevalent morbidity of childhood asthma and defined by a transient narrowing of the airways during or after physical exercise. An exercise challenge test (ECT) is the reference standard for the diagnosis of EIB. Video evaluation of EIB symptoms could be a practical alternative for the assessment of EIB. We studied the ability of pediatricians to assess EIB from post-exercise videos. Methods: A clinical assessment was performed in 20 asthmatic children (mean age 11.6 years) and EIB was measured with a standardized ECT performed in cold, dry air. EIB was defined as a fall in forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) of ≥10% post-exercise. Children were filmed before and after exercise in frontal position and bare chested. The clinical assessment results and videos were shown to 20 pediatricians (mean experience 14.4 years). Each assessed EIB severity in 5 random children providing 100 assessments, scored on a continuous rating scale (0-10) and in severity classifications (no, mild, moderate, severe) using a scoring list including physical asthma symptoms. Correlations between predicted scores and objective scores were calculated with Spearman's rho and Cohen's Kappa. A generalized linear model was used to assess the relationship between physical symptoms and fall in FEV1. Results: Median fall in FEV1 after exercise was 15.1% (IQR 1.2-65.1). Pediatricians detected EIB with a sensitivity of 78% (95% CI 66-87%) and a specificity of 40% (95% CI 27-55%). The positive predictive value for a pediatricians' diagnosis of EIB was 61% (95% CI 50-72%). The negative predictive value was 60% (95% CI 42-76%). The agreement between predicted EIB severity classifications and the validated classifications based on the ECT's, was fair [Kappa = 0.36 (95% CI 0.23-0.48)]. The correlation between predicted EIB severity scored on a continuous rating scale and fall in FEV1 after exercise was weak (rs = 0.39, p < 0.001). Independent predictive variables for fall in FEV1 were wheezing (-11%), supraclavicular retractions (-8.4%) and a prolonged expiratory phase (-8.8%). Conclusion: The ability of pediatricians to assess EIB from post-exercise videos is fair at best, implicating that standardized ECT's are still vital in the assessment of EIB.
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- N Lammers
- Department of Pediatrics, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
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- Medical School Twente, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, Netherlands.,Department of Research Methodology, Measurement and Data Analysis, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
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- OCON Sport, Ziekenhuisgroep Twente, Hengelo, Netherlands.,Department of Sportsmedicine, Tjongerschans Hospital, Heerenveen, Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
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Lammers N, van Hoesel MHT, Kamphuis M, Brusse-Keizer M, van der Palen J, Visser R, Thio BJ, Driessen JMM. Assessing Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction in Children; The Need for Testing. Front Pediatr 2019; 7:157. [PMID: 31106184 PMCID: PMC6498950 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2019.00157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2019] [Accepted: 04/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Objective: Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) is a specific morbidity of childhood asthma and a sign of insufficient disease control. EIB is diagnosed and monitored based on lung function changes after a standardized exercise challenge test (ECT). In daily practice however, EIB is often evaluated with self-reported respiratory symptoms and spirometry. We aimed to study the capacity of pediatricians to predict EIB based on information routinely available during an outpatient clinic visit. Methods: A clinical assessment was performed in 20 asthmatic children (mean age 11.6 years) from the outpatient clinic of the MST hospital from May 2015 to July 2015. During this assessment, video images were made. EIB was measured with a standardized ECT performed in cold, dry air. Twenty pediatricians (mean years of experience 14.4 years) each evaluated five children, providing 100 evaluations, and predicted EIB severity based on their medical history, physical examination, and video images. EIB severity was predicted again after additionally providing baseline spirometry results. Results: Nine children showed no EIB, four showed mild EIB, two showed moderate, and five showed severe EIB. Based on clinical information and spirometry results, pediatricians detected EIB with a sensitivity of 84% (95% CI 72-91%) and a specificity of 24% (95% CI 14-39%).The agreement between predicted EIB severity classifications and the validated classifications after the ECT was slight [Kappa = 0.05 (95% CI 0.00-0.17)]. This agreement still remained slight when baseline spirometry results were provided [Kappa = 0.19 (95% CI 0.06-0.32)]. Conclusion: Pediatricians' prediction of EIB occurrence was sensitive, but poorly specific. The prediction of EIB severity was poor. Pediatricians should be aware of this in order to prevent misjudgement of EIB severity and disease control.
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- Natasja Lammers
- Department of Pediatrics, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
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- Medical School Twente, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, Netherlands.,Department of Research Methodology, Measurement and Data Analysis, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
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- OCON Sport, Ziekenhuisgroep Twente, Hengelo, Netherlands.,Department of Sportsmedicine, Tjongerschans Hospital, Heerenveen, Netherlands
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Winn CON, Mackintosh KA, Eddolls WTB, Stratton G, Wilson AM, Rance JY, Doull IJM, McNarry MA, Davies GA. Perceptions of asthma and exercise in adolescents with and without asthma. J Asthma 2017; 55:868-876. [DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2017.1369992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- C. O. N. Winn
- Swansea University Medical School, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, UK
- Applied Sports Technology Exercise and Medicine Research Centre, College of Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, UK
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- Applied Sports Technology Exercise and Medicine Research Centre, College of Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, UK
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- Applied Sports Technology Exercise and Medicine Research Centre, College of Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, UK
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- Applied Sports Technology Exercise and Medicine Research Centre, College of Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, UK
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- Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England, UK
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- College of Human and Health Sciences, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine and Paediatric Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Children's Hospital for Wales, Cardiff, Wales, UK
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- Applied Sports Technology Exercise and Medicine Research Centre, College of Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, UK
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- Swansea University Medical School, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, UK
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Silva CM, Barros L. Asthma knowledge, subjective assessment of severity and symptom perception in parents of children with asthma. J Asthma 2013; 50:1002-9. [PMID: 23859138 DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2013.822082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This study aimed to confirm the tendency for parents to underestimate the severity of symptoms and the poor consistency between parents' reports of symptoms and the physicians' evaluation of asthma control. Additionally, the relationship between parents' asthma knowledge and their report of symptoms and estimation of asthma severity was explored. METHODS Fifty children (M = 10.5 years) and their caregivers were recruited from two Portuguese hospitals. A measure of asthma symptoms report (Severity of Chronic Asthma, SCA) and a subjective evaluation of asthma severity were collected and compared with physicians' ratings of asthma control, as well as parents' knowledge about asthma (Asthma Knowledge Questionnaire, AKQ) and emotional disturbance (Brief Symptom Inventory, BSI). RESULTS Although parents' evaluation of perceived asthma severity was moderately correlated to symptoms reported, results confirm an inconsistency between parents' reports of symptoms, their subjective rating of asthma severity and the physician's rating of clinical control, revealing a tendency for parents to underestimate disease severity and to underreport asthma symptoms. Asthma knowledge was not significantly correlated to SCA or to parents' subjective evaluation of asthma severity. Parents with poorer knowledge reported fewer symptoms. CONCLUSIONS Portuguese parents revealed a tendency to overestimate their child's level of asthma control and a low level of asthma knowledge. Parents' education, psychological disturbance and time since diagnosis were associated with asthma knowledge. Parents' knowledge was not related to the child's asthma outcomes or to their subjective evaluation of asthma severity or symptoms reports. Parents' asthma knowledge deficits, underreporting of symptoms and underestimation of asthma severity, may affect parent-provider communication and impede asthma control.
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- Cláudia Mendes Silva
- Department of Psychology and Education, University of Beira Interior , Covilhã , Portugal and
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Ringlever L, Otten R, van Schayck OCP, Engels RCME. The role of maternal illness perceptions in perceived asthma symptoms in school-aged children. J Asthma 2012; 49:1030-6. [PMID: 23050929 DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2012.726305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To examine the unique contribution of perceptions held by mothers about their children's asthma in relation to the symptoms as reported by their children. METHODS Families with a child diagnosed with asthma participating in a larger smoking prevention study were invited to participate. For all, 89 children (mean age 10.1 years) and 87 mothers questionnaire and lung function data during home visits were provided. The main outcome of this study involved asthma symptoms as measured by the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory. Mothers' and children's reports of symptoms, as well as the lung function parameter of percentage of predicted Forced Expiratory Volume in one second (% of predicted FEV1), were analyzed in relation to maternal illness perceptions. RESULTS Mothers' perceptions of illness were not associated with % of predicted FEV(1.) However, while controlling for gender and children's baseline asthma symptoms, four out of eight mothers' perceptions of illness (i.e., identity, consequences, concern, and emotional influence) were associated with children's asthma symptoms. Additional analyses controlling for % of predicted FEV(1) in the models with subjective asthma symptoms reports of mother and child did not change the study findings. CONCLUSIONS This pilot study provides evidence that, in addition to children's lung function and baseline symptoms, maternal perception of illness contributes to symptom-related quality of life (QoL) of children. More research on underlying mechanisms, which addresses the linking of mothers' perceptions of concern and emotion to the QoL symptoms as reported by children is necessary.
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- Linda Ringlever
- Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Mora PA, Contrada RJ, Berkowitz A, Musumeci-Szabo T, Wisnivesky J, Halm EA. Measurement invariance of the Mini Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire across African-American and Latino adult asthma patients. Qual Life Res 2009; 18:371-80. [PMID: 19221893 DOI: 10.1007/s11136-009-9443-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2008] [Accepted: 01/21/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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PURPOSE This study tested the factorial and measurement invariance of the Mini Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (MiniAQLQ) in a sample of Latino and African-American asthmatic patients. METHODS We used confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) to examine data from adult outpatients diagnosed with asthma (n = 265). We proceeded by examining the original factor structure of the MiniAQLQ in the whole sample. We then determined whether the factor structure supported by the data was invariant across African-American and Latino patients by testing a series of nested models. RESULTS Results revealed that a three-factor structure model that combined the emotional function and symptom domains had the best fit to the whole sample (chi (2)(91) = 99.83, P = 0.08). Analysis using a MIMIC model among Latino participants indicated that survey language did not influence item functioning (chi (2)(93) = 103.29, P = 0.22). Multi-group CFA showed that both the structure and the meaning of the items were invariant across Africa-American and Latino participants. Scalar and strict measurement invariance was supported for 11 out of 15 items. CONCLUSION These data suggest that structure of the MiniAQLQ needs to be reassessed. Additional research needs to examine whether elimination of current items or inclusion of new items can ensure that constructs are measured without bias across different ethnic groups.
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- Pablo A Mora
- Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
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Fereday J, MacDougall C, Spizzo M, Darbyshire P, Schiller W. "There's nothing I can't do--I just put my mind to anything and I can do it": a qualitative analysis of how children with chronic disease and their parents account for and manage physical activity. BMC Pediatr 2009; 9:1. [PMID: 19117528 PMCID: PMC2636806 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-9-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2008] [Accepted: 01/01/2009] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND This paper reports the findings of a South Australian qualitative, exploratory study of children and young people living with a chronic disease, and their perceptions and experiences of physical activity. The perceptions and experiences of their parents were also explored. The chronic diseases were type 1 diabetes, asthma and cystic fibrosis. METHODS Multiple qualitative data collection techniques were used to elicit the children and young people's perspectives and experiences of physical activity, including focus groups, maps, photos and 'traffic light posters'. The children's parents were interviewed separately to ascertain their views of their child's participation in physical activities. RESULTS Children and young people described their active participation in a wide variety of physical activities including organised sports and play, but made very little mention of any negative influence or impact due to their disease. Their parents' stories described the diligent background planning and management undertaken to enable their child to participate in a wide range of physical activities. CONCLUSION The results of this study suggest that for these children and young people, having a chronic disease was not perceived as a barrier to participation in organised sport and recreational activities. They were physically active and perceived themselves to be no different from their peers. Their positive beliefs were shared by their parents and the level of participation described was enabled by the high level of parental support and background planning involved in managing their child's health care needs.
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- Jennifer Fereday
- Children, Youth and Women's Health Service, 72 King William St, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Children, Youth and Women's Health Service, 72 King William St, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Children, Youth and Women's Health Service, University of South Australia and Flinders University, South Australia, Australia
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- Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences, University of South Australia GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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Williams B, Powell A, Hoskins G, Neville R. Exploring and explaining low participation in physical activity among children and young people with asthma: a review. BMC FAMILY PRACTICE 2008; 9:40. [PMID: 18590558 PMCID: PMC2447841 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-9-40] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2007] [Accepted: 06/30/2008] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Background Asthma is the most common chronic illness among children and accounts for 1 in 5 of all child GP consultations. This paper reviews and discusses recent literature outlining the growing problem of physical inactivity among young people with asthma and explores the psychosocial dimensions that may explain inactivity levels and potentially relevant interventions and strategies, and the principles that should underpin them. Methods A narrative review based on an extensive and documented search of search of CinAHL, Embase, Medline, PsycINFO and the Cochrane Library. Results & Discussion Children and young people with asthma are generally less active than their non-asthmatic peers. Reduced participation may be influenced by organisational policies, family illness beliefs and behaviours, health care advice, and inaccurate symptom perception and attribution. Schools can be reluctant to encourage children to take part in physical education or normal play activity due to misunderstanding and a lack of clear corporate guidance. Families may accept a child's low level of activity if it is perceived that breathlessness or the need to take extra inhalers is harmful. Many young people themselves appear to accept sub-optimal control of symptoms and frequently misinterpret healthy shortness of breath on exercising with the symptoms of an impending asthma attack. Conclusion A multi-faceted approach is needed to translate the rhetoric of increasing activity levels in young people to the reality of improved fitness. Physical activity leading to improved fitness should become part of a goal orientated management strategy by schools, families, health care professionals and individuals. Exercise induced asthma should be regarded as a marker of poor control and a need to increase fitness rather as an excuse for inactivity. Individuals' perceptual accuracy deserves further research attention.
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- Brian Williams
- Social Dimensions of Health Institute, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK.
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Mora PA, Halm E, Leventhal H, Ceric F. Elucidating the relationship between negative affectivity and symptoms: the role of illness-specific affective responses. Ann Behav Med 2008; 34:77-86. [PMID: 17688399 DOI: 10.1007/bf02879923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND More than 20 years of research confirm a positive association of trait negative affect (NA) with reports of physical symptoms. As the mechanisms underlying the association of trait NA and symptom reporting have not been identified, the meaning of the association remains unclear. PURPOSE We attempted to clarify the processes underlying this association by examining the relationship of trait NA and illness-specific worry to both vague, general symptoms and illness-specific symptoms. We tested the hypothesis that trait NA has both a "biasing" effect when ambiguous symptoms are interpreted as a sign of physical illness and an "accuracy" effect on the reports of illness-specific symptoms mediated by illness-specific worry. METHOD We examined the relationship of trait and state NA to symptoms reports in both cross-sectional and longitudinal data from inner-city adults with moderate and severe asthma. RESULTS Whereas high levels of trait NA were associated with reports of both asthma and nonasthma symptoms, only the relationship of trait NA to symptoms specific to asthma was mediated by asthma worry. In addition, these data showed that trait NA was not associated with the misattribution of symptoms to disease. CONCLUSIONS We concluded that NA motivates individuals, through asthma worry, to be more aware of illness-specific symptoms and correctly report and attribute these symptoms to asthma.
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- Pablo A Mora
- Institute for Health Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick 08901-1293, USA.
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Chen E, Hermann C, Rodgers D, Oliver-Welker T, Strunk RC. Symptom perception in childhood asthma: the role of anxiety and asthma severity. Health Psychol 2006; 25:389-95. [PMID: 16719611 DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.25.3.389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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This study tested the relationship of anxiety and asthma severity to symptom perception. Eighty-six children diagnosed with mild or moderate asthma had symptom perception and pulmonary function measured throughout methacholine challenge (to induce bronchoconstriction). Higher trait anxiety was associated with heightened symptom perception (controlling for pulmonary function) at baseline. Greater asthma severity was associated with blunted symptom perception (controlling for pulmonary function) at the end of methacholine challenge and with a slower rate of increase in symptom perception across methacholine challenge. These results suggest that anxiety plays a role when children's symptoms are mild, whereas medical variables such as severity play a role in perception of changes in asthma symptomatology as bronchoconstriction worsens.
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- Edith Chen
- Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Rietveld S, van Beest I. Rollercoaster asthma: when positive emotional stress interferes with dyspnea perception. Behav Res Ther 2006; 45:977-87. [PMID: 16989773 DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2006.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2006] [Revised: 07/13/2006] [Accepted: 07/18/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The current study assessed how negative and positive stress is related to dyspnea perception. The participants were 25 young women with a medical diagnosis of severe asthma, and 15 matched controls. Stress was induced during repeated rollercoaster rides. Results showed that negative emotional stress and blood pressure peaked just before, and positive emotional stress and heart beat peaked immediately after rollercoaster rides. Dyspnea in women with asthma was higher just before than immediately after rollercoaster rides, even in women with asthma with a rollercoaster-evoked reduction in lung function. These results suggest that stressed and highly aroused individuals with chronic asthma tend to perceive dyspnea in terms of acquired, familiar associations between dyspnea and positive versus negative feeling states, favoring either underperception or overperception of dyspnea, depending on the emotional valence of a situation.
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- Simon Rietveld
- Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Rietveld S, Brosschot JF. Current perspectives on symptom perception in asthma: a biomedical and psychological review. Int J Behav Med 2006; 6:120-34. [PMID: 16250683 DOI: 10.1207/s15327558ijbm0602_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Symptom perception in patients with asthma is often inadequate. Patients may fail to perceive serious airway obstruction or suffer from breathlessness without objective cause. These extremes are associated with fatal asthma and excessive use of medicines, respectively. This article covers symptom perception in a multidisciplinary perspective. A presentation of current definitions and methods for studying symptom perception in asthma is followed by a summary of theories on the origin of breathlessness. Next, biomedical and psychological factors influencing symptom perception are examined. Preliminary biomedical research emphasizes neural pathway impairment, but causal factors remain inconclusive, particularly regarding the overperception of symptoms. Psychological studies suggest that the accuracy of symptom perception is influenced by (a) competition between asthmatic and nonasthmatic sensory information, (b) negative emotions, and (c) acquired response tendencies (e.g. habituation to symptoms, repression of symptoms, selective perception, and false interpretation of symptoms). These factors may favor either blunted perception or overperception. Empirical data in support of psychological factors are still insufficient. Methodological problems and procedures to improve symptom perception are discussed.
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- S Rietveld
- Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Van Pelt JC, Mullins LL, Carpentier MY, Wolfe-Christensen C. Brief report: illness uncertainty and dispositional self-focus in adolescents and young adults with childhood-onset asthma. J Pediatr Psychol 2005; 31:840-5. [PMID: 16384920 DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsj095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To investigate differences in self-focused attention between college students with childhood-onset asthma and a group of healthy controls and to determine whether self-focused attention mediates the relationship between illness uncertainty and psychological distress among individuals with asthma. METHODS Forty-two adolescent and young adult participants with childhood-onset asthma and 40 age- and gender-matched healthy participants completed measures of self-focused attention, perceived illness uncertainty, psychological distress, and health status. RESULTS Adolescents and young adults with childhood-onset asthma evidenced an increased tendency to engage in private self-focus compared to age- and gender-matched peers without a chronic illness history. Self-focused attention also mediated the relationship between perceived illness uncertainty and psychological distress among those with asthma. CONCLUSIONS The need for self-monitoring in asthma management may result in an increased propensity to self-focus, which may result in heightened levels of psychological distress.
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- Jill C Van Pelt
- University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, 55455, USA.
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Svavarsdottir EK, Rayens MK, McCubbin M. Predictors of adaptation in Icelandic and American families of young children with chronic asthma. FAMILY & COMMUNITY HEALTH 2005; 28:338-50. [PMID: 16166861 DOI: 10.1097/00003727-200510000-00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The purposes of this international study were to determine the predictors of adaptation and to assess potential moderating effects of parents' sense of coherence and family hardiness on the relationship of severity of illness of a child with asthma and family and caregiving demands as predictors of family adaptation. For both parents, sense of coherence and family hardiness predicted family adaptation. Icelandic mothers perceived their family's adaptation more favorably than did their American counterparts. For the fathers, family demands predicted adaptation. Sense of coherence moderated the effect of family demands on adaptation for both parents. These findings underscore the importance of strengthening individual and family resiliency as a mechanism for improving family adaptation.
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Lane MM. Advancing the science of perceptual accuracy in pediatric asthma and diabetes. J Pediatr Psychol 2005; 31:233-45. [PMID: 15829612 DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsj008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To review research on perceptual accuracy in pediatric asthma and diabetes and to provide recommendations for future research efforts and clinical applications of the construct in these populations. METHODS A literature search was conducted using Medline and PsychInfo databases as well as the bibliographies of relevant articles. RESULTS Children and adolescents with asthma or diabetes evidence considerable variability in perceptual accuracy and frequently make clinically relevant errors that have the potential to affect self-management behavior. CONCLUSIONS Recommendations for future research include studying distinct types of perceptual errors, empirically supporting the relationship between perceptual accuracy and relevant outcomes, identifying factors related to perceptual inaccuracy, and conducting longitudinal research and intervention studies. Recommendations for applying the construct in clinical practice include adopting an individualized approach to symptoms to guide patient education and management, identifying patients prone to making clinically relevant errors, and developing and implementing interventions to improve accuracy.
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Lange LJ, Piette JD. Perceived health status and perceived diabetes control: psychological indicators and accuracy. J Psychosom Res 2005; 58:129-37. [PMID: 15820840 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2004.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2004] [Accepted: 08/04/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to assess the association of psychological, as well as physical and sociodemographic, indicators with patients' ratings of personal health status and diabetes control and to investigate the association of mental health and depression with errors in the perception of diabetes control. METHOD A sociodemographically diverse sample of 623 diabetes patients was recruited from the general medicine clinics of a county health care system and a Veterans Affairs health care system. We examined three types of determinants of patients' health perceptions: physical health indicators (symptoms, comorbid diagnoses, and glycosylated hemoglobin or HbA1c levels), psychological health indicators (general mental health and diabetes-related worry), and sociodemographic factors (age, race, gender, income, and education). RESULTS After controlling for patient' sociodemographic characteristics, perceived general health was associated with patients' symptom burden and emotional distress (but not with patients' HbA1c levels). Perceived diabetes control additionally was associated with HbA1c and diabetes-related worries. Further analyses showed that both mental health and diagnosed depression were associated with errors in personal appraisals of diabetes control, with depressed patients more often inaccurately assessing their glycemic control as poor (false-positive error) and nondepressed patients more often missing poor HbA1c levels (false-negative error). CONCLUSIONS Findings indicate that patients use a comprehensive model for assessing their general health and that depression may lead to more accurate assessments of poor glucose control.
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- Lori J Lange
- Psychology Department, University of North Florida, 4567 St. Johns Bluff Road, South, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA.
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Colland VT, van Essen-Zandvliet LEM, Lans C, Denteneer A, Westers P, Brackel HJL. Poor adherence to self-medication instructions in children with asthma and their parents. PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING 2004; 55:416-421. [PMID: 15582348 DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2003.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2002] [Revised: 03/20/2003] [Accepted: 04/13/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
Abstract
This study describes a self-treatment program for parents of children with asthma. The aim was to prevent asthma exacerbations by learning to recognise prodromal signs and acting upon them by increasing inhaled corticosteroids (ICS). The study questions were: (1) can we teach parents and children to recognise prodromal signs? (2) are instructions to increase inhalation medication followed? (3) will frequency and severity of asthma attacks diminish subsequently? Due to physicians' changed attitude towards prescription of ICS, fewer children could be recruited who were "ICS-naive" than expected. Twenty-nine children of the age of 4-11 years with moderate asthma, participated in a one year prospective randomised study. Structured information was given to all patients on asthma, symptoms and medication. The experimental group received additional information on recognising prodromal signs and doubling ICS during one week. Only in 25% of the patients who recognised prodromal signs the dose of ICS was doubled (as prescribed), in 75% inadequately or not at all. Recognition of prodromal signs was poor as well as compliance to increase as-needed medication. No significant decrease of asthma symptoms occurred in the experimental group. Clinical implications are important for self-treatment instructions: an individually tailored and multi-component program should be offered by health care providers in order to help the patient to recognise early alarm symptoms, comply to self-treatment instructions and to make adaptations for continuous self-regulation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Vivian T Colland
- Asthma Centre Heideheuvel Soestdijkerstraatweg 1291213 VX Hilversum The Netherlands.
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