Memano, Somporn; Outpatient Department, Buddhachinaraj Phitsanulok Hospital2011-03-112011-03-112011-03-102011-03-10Buddhachinaraj Medical Journal; Vol.27 (Supplement 1) May-Augst 2010; 363http://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/134439Asthma cannot be cure, need continuous treatment but low mortality rate. Quality of life represents true result oftreatment. The objective of this analytic study was to compare asthmatic patients’ quality of life according to sex,age, education, occupation, income, marital status, duration and severity of disease. The data were collected from100 asthmatic patients attending Asthma Clinic at Buddhachinaraj Phitsanulok Hospital during August 2008, usinga questionnaire for demographic characteristics and modified WHOQOL-BRIEF-THAI form for quality of life.Data were analyzed and presented in frequency and percentage for demographic characteristics. Comparingmean of quality of life with demographic characteristics by 95% confidence interval. Most of the patients hadmedium level of overall quality of life and other domains, but good level in psychological domain. The governmentasthmatic officers had better quality of life than non-occupation and other occupation groups in psychological andenvironment domains. About half of the asthmatic patients had intermittent persistent symptoms, so there was nodifference in quality of life according to severity of disease. The results can conclude that severity of disease is theonly factor that can improve patients’ quality of life.en-USBuddhist Hospital, Phitsanulok, ThailandResearch Article