title: Asthma and its management at a student health service.
abstract: Of 96 asthmatic students 62 said their asthma had not required them to give up any activity but only seven said it had not interfered in some way with their sport. Thirty-nine regarded their asthma as an annoyance and 13 of these were angered by it. Fifty-seven respondents took treatment continuously and the most favoured agent in attacks was salbutamol. Peak flow meters were not used regularly except by six students. About two-thirds had significant deficiencies in their knowledge of asthma and the most popular source of information was the general practitioner. Only 30 had read the Asthma Foundation pamphlets.
authors.affiliation: Student Health Service, Auckland University.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mauger
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*; D000328:Adult; D000420:Albuterol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods; D010366:Peak Expiratory Flow Rate / Q000502:physiology; D013333:Student Health Services; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D000420:Albuterol