The asthma experience: altered body image and non-compliance.
Asthma remains a frustrating and underestimated threat to health. Non-compliance with medication is a frequent problem, especially when asthma attacks are difficult to predict, and amongst children and young adults. Non-compliance has been attributed to shortfalls in patient education. There may, however, be an attitudinal-altered image dimension to the problem.
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D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001249:Asthma / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D001828:Body Image; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D016312:Treatment Refusal