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Abstract
Asthma in older people is common and is characterized by
underdiagnosed and under treatment. Ageing is associated with
unique issues that modify expression, recognition, and treatment
of the disease particularly, asthma and chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease. Despite the worsening national trends for
bronchial asthma for the past 25 years, bronchial asthma in the
elderly has not received as much attention as asthma among
children and adults. Many national and international studies
exclude elderly when studying asthma, partly because asthma is
difficult to distinguish from chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease and congestive heart failure in older age(Herscher, et aI.,
Quality of Life was defined as ”the value assigned to
duration of life as modified by impairments, functional states,
perceptions, and social opportunities that are influenced by
disease, injury, treatment, or policy. Elderly people can be
affected by factors such as age, social support and socioeconomic
status. Nursing interventions should also focus on improving
quality of life of elderly. Asthma has been recognized as an
important health issue, despite effective treatment is available for
te disease, large population still suffer from symptoms and limitations in their routine tasks and everyday life(Zhang, et al.).