tailieunhanh - báo cáo khoa học:" Identification of clinically significant psychological distress and psychiatric morbidity by examining quality of life in subjects with occupational asthma"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Identification of clinically significant psychological distress and psychiatric morbidity by examining quality of life in subjects with occupational asthma | Miedinger et al. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9 76 http content 9 1 76 HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OUTCOMES RESEARCH Open Access Identification of clinically significant psychological distress and psychiatric morbidity by examining quality of life in subjects with occupational asthma David Miedinger 1 Kim L Lavoie1 2 3 Jocelyne L Archeveque1 Heberto Ghezzo1 and Jean-Luc Malo1 Abstract Background The Juniper Asthma Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire AQLQ S is a questionnaire that allows measurement of disease specific quality of life. We wanted to examine correlations between the AQLQ S general and different subscale scores and both psychiatric morbidity and levels of psychological distress in individuals with occupational asthma OA and to determine if results in the emotional function subscale allow identification of individuals with clinically significant psychological distress or current psychiatric disorders. Methods This was a cross-sectional study of individuals with OA who were assessed during a re-evaluation for permanent disability after they were no longer exposed to the sensitizing agent. Patients underwent a general sociodemographic and medical history evaluation a brief psychiatric interview Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders PRIME-MD and completed a battery of questionnaires including the AQLQ S the St-Georges Respiratory Questionnaire SGRQ and the Psychiatric Symptom Index PSI . Results There was good internal consistency Cronbach alpha for the AQLQ S total score and construct validity for the AQLQ S Spearman rho for the SGRQ symptom score and rho for the asthma severity score . There were medium to large correlations between the total score of the AQLQ S and the SGRQ symptom score r and PSI total r and subscale scores including depression r anxiety r anger r cognitive disturbances r . A cut-off of on the AQLQ S emotional function subscale where 0 high .