Altered Symptom Perception in Children With Asthma Is Associated With Poor Childhood Opportunity and Adverse Outcomes

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BACKGROUND: Effective asthma self-management requires that children recognize their asthma symptoms when they occur. However, some children have altered symptom perception, which impairs their ability to respond to their asthma symptoms in a timely manner.

OBJECTIVE: To characterize the prevalence and features of altered symptom perception in children aged 5 to 18 years. We hypothesized that children with altered symptom perception would have more features of uncontrolled asthma, more health inequity, and poorer longitudinal asthma outcomes over 12 months.

METHODS: Children (N = 371) completed an outpatient research visit for clinical characterization. Altered symptom perception was defined by discordance between child responses on the 6-item Asthma Control Questionnaire and medical provider-elicited symptoms. Electronic medical records were reviewed for 12 months for the occurrence of an asthma exacerbation treated with systemic corticosteroids and an asthma exacerbation prompting an emergency department visit.

RESULTS: Approximately 15% of children had altered symptom perception and their asthma features were similar to those of children with uncontrolled asthma. Children with altered symptom perception were uniquely distinguished by non-White race and more severe prior exacerbations. These children also resided in ZIP codes with the poorest childhood opportunity (ie, poorest education, health and environmental features, and socioeconomic features). Outcomes of children with altered symptom perception were equally disparate with approximately 2-fold higher odds of a future exacerbation and approximately 3-fold higher odds of an emergency department visit for asthma.

CONCLUSIONS: Altered symptom perception is present in a small but significant number of children with asthma and is related to poorer childhood opportunity and other health inequities that require additional intervention.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice - 12(2024), 4 vom: 12. Apr., Seite 983-990

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fitzpatrick, Anne M [VerfasserIn]
Kavalieratos, Dio [VerfasserIn]
Vickery, Brian P [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Tricia [VerfasserIn]
Mason, Carrie [VerfasserIn]
Grunwell, Jocelyn R [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Asthma control
Asthma exacerbation
Asthma in children
Health equity
Journal Article
Social determinants of health
Symptom perception

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Date Completed 09.04.2024

Date Revised 09.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jaip.2023.12.022

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NLM366335235