[Efficiency of psychotherapeutic methods in childhood asthma].
The present study shows that the psychological interventions improve the results obtained with the traditional medical treatment in the management of asthmatic patients. A sample of 39 asthmatic children was selected. There was a significant improvement of the variables considered (emergency department consultations, number of acute episodes and days of illness), after psychological therapies were applied. We conclude that psychological interventions can be a useful complementary treatment of the results obtained with the pharmacological therapeutic.
Benedito Monleón
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Departamento de Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamientos Psicológicos, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Valencia.
Martorell Aragonés
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Botella Arbona
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D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D001249:Asthma / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D001986:Bronchial Spasm / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011613:Psychotherapy
Eficacia de las terapias psicológicas en el asma infantil.