title: Comparison of three teaching methods on 4- through 7-year-old children's understanding of the lungs in relation to a peak flow meter in the management of asthma: a pilot study.
abstract: This pilot study of 19 children compared three methods of teaching 4- through 7-year-old children about their lungs in relation to a peakflow meter. One group saw a doll with three-dimensional lungs, another group saw a puppet with inflatable lungs, and a comparison group received usual Asthma Clinic education. Knowledge of the lungs was measured pre- and post-teaching through two body knowledge assessment instruments. Four children in the Puppet Group improved their posttest scores, compared to three in the Doll Group and two in the Usual Care Group. Continued psychometric studies of the instruments and similar studies with larger sample sizes need to be conducted.
authors.affiliation: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Nursing, Little Rock 72205, USA. schmidtcherylk@uams.edu
authors.forename: Cheryl Klouzal
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung; D008297:Male; D010366:Peak Expiratory Flow Rate; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods