Application of temperament combined with social competence in preschoolers with asthma in home care / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the application effect of home care on the basis of temperament combined with social competence in preschool children with bronchial asthma.Methods A total of 100 preschool children outpatients with bronchial asthma who came to our hospital from January 1 to February 28,2013 were selected with the method of convenience sampling and were randomly divided into observed group and control group with 50 cases in each group.Cases of the observed group were divided into ordinary,middle,and strengthen subgroups according to temperament and social competence.The control group and the ordinary subgroup received routine care interventions,and the other subgroups were given corresponding enhanced care measures.The attack rate of asthma,medical care,quality of life and lung function during one year follow-up were observed and compared between the two groups.Results Within the first six months of follow-up,patients in observed group got better control in acute attacks than the control group [(2.3±0.4) times vs.(3.4±0.3) times,x2=5.710,P＜0.05)].The percentage of forced expiratory volume in the first second and Pediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire scores in observed group were significantly higher than the control group one years later [(86.9±4.6)％ vs.(85.5±3.8)％ and (90.1±7.5) vs.(76.5±8.0),P＜0.05].Conclusions The application of temperament type combined with social competence showed a good practical value in home care for asthma preschoolers.