The relationship of household routines to morbidity outcomes in childhood asthma.
OBJECTIVE
The major purpose of this study was to explore the effect of routines on asthma management and morbidity outcomes for children with asthma and their parents.


METHODS
This study is a secondary data analysis in a sample of 150 children, which was originally used for an intervention study.


RESULTS
Parents who had fewer routines in their homes had lower quality-of-life scores and higher burden of asthma scores when compared to parents in households with more routines. More routines were associated with improved asthma morbidity outcomes as measured by nurse rankings of routines.


CONCLUSIONS
Assisting families to establish routines may result in improved asthma morbidity outcomes.
Peterson-Sweeney
Kathleen
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Department of Nursing, The College at Brockport, State University of New York, Brockport, New York, USA. kpeterso@brockport.edu
D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D017281:Cost of Illness; D019468:Disease Management; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D009017:Morbidity; D010366:Peak Expiratory Flow Rate; D011788:Quality of Life; D016896:Treatment Outcome