PURPOSE: Prior studies suggest that specialist care associates with improved health-related quality of life (HRQL) in @entity748 @entity1 . However, there are limited studies focused on differences in HRQL among subspecialties. The aim of this study was to assess the differences in HRQL between adult @entity748 @entity1 treated in pneumology or @entity566 practices, and to estimate to what extent the differences in HRQL can be explained by sociodemographic, clinical or psychological characteristics of @entity1 from each specialty. METHODS: We recruited adult @entity748 outpatients from @entity566 and pneumology practices. Information on sociodemographic, clinical and psychological characteristics was collected, and HRQL was assessed with generic and disease-specific questionnaires. HRQL was compared between groups adjusting for sociodemographic, clinical and psychological characteristics. RESULTS: A total of 287 @entity748 @entity1 participated in the study (105 from pneumology and 182 from @entity566 ). @entity1 treated by pneumologists reported significantly poorer HRQL in physical dimensions of generic questionnaire and all dimensions of disease-specific questionnaire. Pneumology @entity1 were older (p  <  .001) and had a lower education level (p  <  .001); a higher number of @entity1 were in a non-active employment situation (p  =  .003) and had worse pulmonary function (p  <  .001), longer duration of disease (p  =  .020), higher prevalence of @entity28 (p  <  .001) and uncontrolled @entity565 (p  <  .001), and a higher rate of previous absenteeism (p  =  .001). @entity308 and the use of cognitive avoidance coping were also higher among pneumology @entity1 (p  =  .050 and p  =  .022, respectively). There were not significant differences in HRQL between pneumology and @entity566 @entity1 after adjustment for these sociodemographic, clinical and psychological characteristics. CONCLUSIONS: @entity748 @entity1 treated by pneumologists reported poorer HRQL than @entity1 treated by allergists, but this outcome is attributed to differences in several sociodemographic, clinical and psychological characteristics between the two groups of @entity1 .

Quality of life in adults with @entity565 treated in XXXX and pneumology subspecialties: relationship with sociodemographic, clinical and psychological variables.

@entity748 :: ('MESH:D013224', 'Disease') :: ['asthmatic', 'Asthmatic'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['Depression'] @entity28 :: ('MESH:D009765', 'Disease') :: ['obesity'] @entity566 :: ('MESH:D006967', 'Disease') :: ['allergy'] @entity565 :: ('MESH:D001249', 'Disease') :: ['asthma']
@entity566 :: (MESH:D006967,Disease) :: ['allergy']
