Factors Associated with Asthma Self-Management in African American Adolescents.
Few studies have focused on asthma self-management in African American adolescents, a group with high rates of the disease. This study examined factors associated with asthma self-management in 133 African Americans aged 14-16 years including gender, asthma impairment, prior asthma education, cognitive and emotional illness representations. Twenty-five percent of the variance in asthma self-management was explained by having attended an asthma education program, perceiving more asthma consequences (illness consequences), and reporting greater understanding of asthma as an illness (illness coherence). Findings suggest that these variables may be important targets of interventions to improve asthma self-management in African American middle adolescents.
Community and Health Systems Department, Indiana University School of Nursing, Indianapolis, IN. Electronic address: sjcrowde@iu.edu.
Sharron J
SJ
Crowder
Carol M. Wilson Endowed Chair in Nursing, Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing, Omaha, NE.
Kathleen M
KM
Hanna
Department of Science of Nursing Care, Indiana University School of Nursing, Indianapolis, IN.
Janet S
JS
Carpenter
Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, NC.
Marion E
ME
Broome
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000628:therapy*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States
Adolescents; African American; Asthma; Self-management