THE COMPARISONS OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY DIMENSIONS AND QUALITY OF LIFE(QOL) IN PEOPLE WITH AND WITHOUT ASTHMA

Asthma is a respiratory chronic disease that is due to long-term treatment and
the attacks of the disease leads to psychopathology and low quality of life in asthmatic patients. The
aim of the current study was to investigate the psychopathological dimensions and quality of life in
patients with asthma.
Materials & Methods: This casual-comparative study was carried on 50 asthmatic patients from the
Health centers in Salmas City that were selected by available sampling method and were compared
with 50 healthy participants. The data were collected by three questionnaires including Symptom
Checlist-90-R (SCL-90-R), WHOQoL-BRIEF, GHQ-28. According to multiple facts of the
comparative variables, the multivariate analysis of variance method (MANOVA) and T-test were
performed.
Results: The results indicated that there was a significant difference between two groups in quality of
life and psychopathology dimensions. (p<0/001)
Conclusion: The results indicated that asthmatic patients had low quality of life and high
psychopathology dimensions. Therefore, it is vital to care for quality of life and psychopathology of
individuals in curing asthma.