Psychology 2036A/B Final: Chapter 11.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2036A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

Asthma: asthma rates have skyrocketed in recent years, particularly among children and adolescents, nearly 3 million canadians over age of 12 have asthma, with rates highest among children and teens. 4x increase in rates of asthma among children in past 20 years, with 20% of boys & 15% of girls, ages. 8 to 11, diagnosed with asthma in canada: exposure to environmental & air pollutants are believed to play a role, with children living in southern. In canada, about 2/3 of deaths each year are a result of chronic illness. Hypertension: found that 100% of physicians reported patients" qol had improved with regular use of meds but only 1/2 patients agreed & no relatives did. Ex. survey assessed qol of canadians using sf-36 to establish population norms & then compared the scores to those of americans & people living in uk. Canadians scored higher than americans on all 8 dimensions of qol & on both physical and mental health components.