Analysis of environmental factors influence on the quality of life of patients with asthma Cover Image

Czy środowisko może mieć wpływ na jakość życia pacjentów z astmą oskrzelową?
Analysis of environmental factors influence on the quality of life of patients with asthma

Author(s): Monika Ścibor, Bartosz Balcerzak, Marta Malinowska-Cieślik
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: asthma bronchiale; environmental factors; quality of life

Summary/Abstract: Health related quality of life assessment is an topic in public health, especially in socially meaningful chronic diseases. Chronic diseases such as asthma reduce the patient’s quality of life significant. The influence of environmental factors on health has been interested researchers for many years also in the public health area. Nowadays, we know that the clinical symptoms of the disease is a result of genotype-environment interaction. Despite our reach data of environmental threats, studying their influence on health or chronic diseases course seems insufficient. Thus, the analysis of relations and environmental factors influence on the quality of life assessment of patients with asthma may supplement the knowledge of environment influence on a human being. Previous research show that changing dust in the air and pollution causes increase or decrease of allergic symptoms, whereas the relations of life quality assessment of patients with asthma with the environment influence is not unequivocal.

  • Issue Year: 10/2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 25–30
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Polish