Parental knowledge and attitudes regarding asthma in their children: Impact of an educational intervention in an Indian population
| Autor: | Devika U. Jadhav, Chhaya Divecha, Milind S. Tullu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Male Parents Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty India Group B Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Adrenal Cortex Hormones Surveys and Questionnaires 030225 pediatrics Intervention (counseling) Health care medicine Humans Family history Child Health Education Asthma business.industry Infant medicine.disease Chronic cough Caregivers 030228 respiratory system Child Preschool Acute severe asthma Family medicine Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female medicine.symptom business Inclusion (education) |
| Zdroj: | Pediatric Pulmonology. 55:607-615 |
| ISSN: | 1099-0496 8755-6863 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/ppul.24647 |
| Popis: | INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Research shows positive effects of asthma education in improving parental knowledge, self-management skills, and reducing healthcare costs. Such studies are lacking in resource-limited countries. We studied the effectiveness of educational intervention in improving the knowledge and attitudes of parents/caregivers of asthmatic children. METHODS The study was conducted in the pediatric chest clinic of tertiary hospital (India) over 21 months after ethics committee approval. Recruited parents were randomized into the interventional group (A) receiving education module and control group (B). Parents' asthma knowledge and attitudes were assessed at baseline and 5 months postenrollment using 25-item questionnaire. Detailed demographic data, clinical data, and exacerbations during study were noted. RESULTS A total of 75 parents/guardians fulfilling inclusion criteria were analyzed (cases/group A: 37 and controls/group B: 38). 8.3 percent of parents/caregivers were illiterate. Around 36.9% of patients had a family history of allergy/asthma. Mean knowledge scores at follow-up were 12.24 and 9.89 for groups A and B, respectively (P |
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