The influence of health education on family management of childhood asthma.
The purpose of this study was to examine differences in asthma management among families with a child who has moderate to severe asthma. Half of the 50 families chosen for study had participated in an intensive in-patient asthma treatment program and half had participated in an out-patient day camp. Two broad categories of outcome were examined-illness and self-management skills. Families who participated in the in-patient program exhibited a pattern of illness behaviours which indicated asthma symptoms were better managed in comparison to those families that participated in the out-patient program. It was also observed that children who participated in the in-patient program had a tendency to feel more positive about having asthma with the more self-management behaviours they practised. On the other hand, children from the out-patient program reported a more negative attitude about having asthma with the more self-management behaviours they practised.
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St. Joseph's Health Care Research Network, St. Joseph's Community Health Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001249:Asthma / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012720:Severity of Illness Index