Managing better: Children, parents, and asthma

Clark, Noreen M.; Feldman, Charles H.; Evans, David; Duzey, Olya; Levison, Moshe J.; Wasilewski, Yvonne; Kaplan, Deborah; Rips, Jill; Mellins, Robert B.

1986-03

Citation: Clark, Noreen M., Feldman, Charles H., Evans, David, Duzey, Olya, Levison, Moshe J., Wasilewski, Yvonne, Kaplan, Deborah, Rips, Jill, Mellins, Robert B. (1986/03)."Managing better: Children, parents, and asthma." Patient Education and Counseling 8(1): 27-38. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/26238>

Abstract: To evaluate a health education program to improve family management of asthma, 310 children with asthma and their 290 parents were randomly assigned to a program or control group. Program families participated in health education designed to resolve specific management problems and build self-confidence in the ability to manage asthma. Following education, program parents scored better on an asthma self-management index than parents in the control group (+1.57 versus -0.83, P P P P P P < 0.05). Program children reported significantly less worry than control children about the limitations asthma imposes and about making mistakes at school.

DOIs: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0738-3991(86)90024-8

PMID: 10276475

URI: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TBC-4C00PK7-35/2/ce02426097ef3b6442b51e3931fc75a5
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