title: Asthma management self-efficacy in parents of primary school-age children.
abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate asthma management self-efficacy in parents of primary school-age children with asthma and to explore possible associations between parent asthma management self-efficacy, parent and child characteristics, asthma task difficulty and asthma management responsibility. A cross-sectional descriptive survey of 113 parents was conducted to assess the level of parent asthma management self-efficacy, asthma task difficulty and confidence, asthma responsibility and socio-demographic characteristics. The findings indicate that parents had higher self-efficacy for attack prevention than attack management. Parents had higher self-efficacy for asthma management tasks that are simple, skills based and performed frequently such as medication administration and less confidence and greater difficulty with tasks associated with judgement and decision-making. Multivariate linear regression analysis identified English language, child asthma responsibility and parent education as predictors of higher asthma management self-efficacy, while an older child was associated with lower parent asthma management self-efficacy. The implications of these results for planning and targeting health education and self-management interventions for parents and children are discussed.
authors: Faculty of Health, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia nicola.brown@uts.edu.au.
authors: Nicola
authors: N
authors: Brown
authors: Faculty of Health, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
authors: Robyn
authors: R
authors: Gallagher
authors: Faculty of Health, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
authors: Cathrine
authors: C
authors: Fowler
authors: Sydney Children's Hospital Network (Randwick) and Faculty of Health, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
authors: Sandra
authors: S
authors: Wales
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001249:Asthma / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D012648:Self Care; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Asthma; child; management; parents; self-efficacy