Abstract: Objective： To explore the quality of life(QOL) of asthma patients and its systematical influencing factors. Methods： 42 asthma patients and 35 normal people were tested with psychological rating scales including AQLQ, IDA, PANAS, SES, SQ. Results： The scores of asthma patients were higher than those of the control group in depression mood and negative affect. Compared with the normal controls, the self-esteem and safety-sense of relationship in patients were low while the emotional loneliness was high. The QOL of asthma patients had a negative association with vocation, the course of disease internal irritation and negative cognition concept and had a positive association with the degree of education, FEV1, positive affect, selfesteem, and asthma knowledge. The QOL had a significant negative association with depression mood and negative affect. Depression mood had a negative association with asthma knowledge and positive cognition concept, while it had a positive association with negative cognition concept. Internal irritability had a positive association with negative cognition concept. Negative affect had significant association with negative cognition concept. Selfesteem had a positive association with positive cognition concept. Emotional loneliness had a significant negative association with asthma knowledge. The safetysense of relationship had a positive association with positive cognition concept. The controlling-sense had a significant negative association with negative cognition concept. Conclusion： There are psychological problems in asthma patients whose QOL is influenced by many factors. Psychological intervention should be reinforced; asthma knowledge and positive cognition concept should be developed in asthma patients to improve their QOL.

Key words: Asthma, Quality of life, Emotions, Cognition