Health-related quality of life and psychological wellbeing are poor in children with bronchiectasis and their parents

Narelle S Cox; Christine J Wilson; Katharine A Bennett; Kylie Johnston; Angela Potter; Anne B Chang; Annemarie L Lee

doi:10.1183/23120541.00063-2019

Health-related quality of life and psychological wellbeing are poor in children with bronchiectasis and their parents

ERJ Open Res. 2019 Sep 10;5(3):00063-2019. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00063-2019. eCollection 2019 Jul.

Authors

Narelle S Cox^{1

2}, Christine J Wilson³, Katharine A Bennett⁴, Kylie Johnston⁵, Angela Potter⁶, Anne B Chang^{7

8

9}, Annemarie L Lee^{1

2

10

11}

Affiliations

¹ Discipline of Physiotherapy, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
² Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Melbourne, Australia.
³ Physiotherapy, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
⁴ Physiotherapy, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
⁵ School of Health Sciences, University of SA, Adelaide, Australia.
⁶ Physiotherapy, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, Australia.
⁷ Dept of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
⁸ Child Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia.
⁹ Centre for Children's Health Research, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
¹⁰ Centre for Allied Health Research and Education, Cabrini Health, Melbourne, Australia.
¹¹ Dept of Physiotherapy, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

Abstract

Children with bronchiectasis in a stable state have poor HRQoL and their parents report higher levels of anxiety and depression. Parental perception of HRQoL is associated with poorer parental psychological wellbeing. http://bit.ly/2lcf3uB.