title: Childhood asthma. A controlled trial of family psychotherapy.
abstract: In an attempt to evaluate the effectiveness of family psychotherapy as an adjunct conventional treatment in childhood asthma, children with moderate to severe asthma were randomly allocated to a control group or to an experimental group; the latter group received 6 hours of family treatment during a 4-month period, and both groups had standard medical treatment. While there was no significant difference between the two groups on three parameters, the experimental group were significantly better in day-wheeze score and thoracic gas volume. These results suggest that family treatment in selected cases may have a place in the overall management of childhood asthma, and that more research with larger numbers of children is necessary.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005196:Family Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011897:Random Allocation; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests