Self-help for asthmatic children.
One of the important causes of treatment failure in childhood asthma is poor compliance. The highly structured program to encourage self-help and thus improve compliance described here involves education and behavior modification (patient, parent, and health care team). Children as young as 6 years of age were found to be capable of participating in the program successfully.
D001249:Asthma / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002140:California; D002648:Child; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006801:Humans; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods; D012112:Residential Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012648:Self Care