Asthma education: the adolescent experience.
Patient Educ Couns
; 55(3): 396-406, 2004 Dec.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15582346
ABSTRACT
Recent studies show that prevalence of asthma is higher among adolescents than children. Adolescents have poor asthma self-management skills resulting in a significant increase in the severity of asthma exacerbations and a reduction in their quality of life. Despite this, few self-management programs have been developed for adolescents. Adolescents experience developmental transitions that both hinder and facilitate asthma self-management. In this paper we discuss developmental transitions in cognition, knowledge, autonomy, identity development, and peer relations in terms of their influence on adolescents' management of asthma. Next, we describe the Asthma Self-Management for Adolescents (ASMA) program that incorporates developmental characteristics into an age-appropriate school-based asthma education program. Preliminary data is presented indicating that the program is successful in enrolling and engaging the interest of adolescents with persistent asthma.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Asma
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Autocuidado
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Educação de Pacientes como Assunto
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2004
Tipo de documento:
Article