Inhaler therapy. What it means for children with asthma.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate what inhaler therapy means for children with asthma and to identify problems and concerns children experience with inhalers. DESIGN: Qualitative research design. SETTING: A community-based family practice in rural Newfoundland. PARTICIPANTS: Seventeen children, aged 5 to 16...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:2214640 2023-05-15T17:22:16+02:00 Inhaler therapy. What it means for children with asthma. Parsons, Karen Worrall, Graham Knight, John Hewitt, Daniel 2004-08 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2214640 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15455809 en eng http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2214640 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15455809 Research Article Text 2004 ftpubmed 2013-09-01T13:54:59Z OBJECTIVE: To investigate what inhaler therapy means for children with asthma and to identify problems and concerns children experience with inhalers. DESIGN: Qualitative research design. SETTING: A community-based family practice in rural Newfoundland. PARTICIPANTS: Seventeen children, aged 5 to 16, who had been diagnosed with mild or moderate asthma and were being prescribed inhaled steroids or bronchodilators. METHOD: Two in-depth interviews with each of a purposive sample of participants were analyzed by the selective or highlighting approach. MAIN FINDINGS: Common positive themes were identified: inhalers were easy to use, and medication was necessary for good quality of life. Common negative themes were simply forgetting, inconvenient and annoying, only-as-needed approach, medication does not work well anyway, and side effects. CONCLUSION: Inhaler therapy had both positive and negative meaning for children. Although inhaled medications were seen as very important for good quality of life when taken regularly, most children wanted to use them only as needed for symptom control. Children knew the importance of inhaler therapy but still complied poorly. Text Newfoundland PubMed Central (PMC) |
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate what inhaler therapy means for children with asthma and to identify problems and concerns children experience with inhalers. DESIGN: Qualitative research design. SETTING: A community-based family practice in rural Newfoundland. PARTICIPANTS: Seventeen children, aged 5 to 16, who had been diagnosed with mild or moderate asthma and were being prescribed inhaled steroids or bronchodilators. METHOD: Two in-depth interviews with each of a purposive sample of participants were analyzed by the selective or highlighting approach. MAIN FINDINGS: Common positive themes were identified: inhalers were easy to use, and medication was necessary for good quality of life. Common negative themes were simply forgetting, inconvenient and annoying, only-as-needed approach, medication does not work well anyway, and side effects. CONCLUSION: Inhaler therapy had both positive and negative meaning for children. Although inhaled medications were seen as very important for good quality of life when taken regularly, most children wanted to use them only as needed for symptom control. Children knew the importance of inhaler therapy but still complied poorly. |
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