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New Zealand HeraldSaturday February 17, 2007
Emotionally stressful experiences, like the death of a loved one or the end of a relationship, may make asthma more difficult to deal with, research suggests.
In a study of 189 adults with asthma, researchers found those who had had more negative events in the past year tended to have poorer asthma-related quality of life - including more asthma symptoms, poorer emotional well-being and more worries over their health.
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Reference:
Negative life events and quality of life in adults with asthma
C Archea, I H Yen, H Chen, M D Eisner, P P Katz, U Masharani, E H Yelin, G Earnest, and P D Blanc
Thorax 2007; 62: 139-146.
Negative life events and quality of life in adults with asthma
C Archea, I H Yen, H Chen, M D Eisner, P P Katz, U Masharani, E H Yelin, G Earnest, and P D Blanc
Thorax 2007; 62: 139-146.