title: Group asthma education in a pediatric inpatient setting.
abstract: Asthma education is an important component of asthma care and management. Children and parents often do not receive asthma education, and frequently, education programs are time consuming. The purpose of this medical record review was to retrospectively determine the impact of a short, group-based, inpatient asthma self-management program on the number of children/parents who received complete asthma education before discharge. The self-management program was instituted in 2006. Participants consisted of all children admitted to a New England children's hospital from January 1, 2005, through December 31, 2006, with a primary diagnosis of asthma. Findings revealed that significantly more (p < .001) children/parents received complete asthma education before discharge in 2006 versus 2005.
authors.affiliation: Yale University School of Medicine, Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. tina.tolomeo@yale.edu
authors.forename: Concettina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tolomeo
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized / Q000193:education*; D003479:Curriculum; D004282:Documentation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000193:education*; D009511:New England; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education*; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods; D012657:Self-Help Groups / Q000458:organization & administration*