Title

Asthma control perception by caregivers: Quality of life and spirometric findings among children

Authors

Adithi Umesh Basappa¹ & Madhavi S. Walulkar^2,*

Affiliation

¹Department of Emergency Medicine, ETCM Hospital, Karnataka, India; ²Department of Physiotherapy, NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences and Research center and Lata Mangeshkar Hospital, Nagapur, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Adithi Umesh Basappa - E-mail: dradithi25@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9480182895

Madhavi S. Walulkar - E-mail: madhaviwalulkar@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received April 1, 2026; Revised April 30, 2026; Accepted April 30, 2026, Published April 30, 2026

Abstract

Childhood asthma remains a major chronic respiratory disorder and misperception of disease control by caregivers contributes to suboptimal management and impaired quality of life. Therefore, it is of interest to assess caregiver perception of asthma control and examined its association with spirometric findings and quality-of-life scores among children aged 6-14 years. Caregivers completed a structured questionnaire and children underwent spirometry to measure FEV₁, FVC and FEV₁/FVC ratio according to standard guidelines. Although 46% of caregivers perceived asthma as well controlled, 56% of children demonstrated obstructive patterns on spirometry, with a significant association between perception and lung function (χ²=11.63, p=0.003. Spirometry showed strong positive correlations with quality-of-life scores (r=0.67, p<0.01), indicating that objective assessment combined with caregiver education is essential for optimal pediatric asthma management.

Keywords

Asthma control, caregiver perception, quality of life, children, spirometry, pediatric asthma, asthma management, questionnaire-based study, lung function, caregiver awareness

Citation

Basappa & Walulkar, Bioinformation 22(4): 1949-1953 (2026)

Edited by

A Prashanth

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.