Status of asthma control and parents′cognitive level of 400 asthmatic children in Guiyang
LUO Xin-bing
ZHU Xiao-ping
LI Bo
YANG Jun
Abstract：Objective To investigate the status of asthma control and the parents′cognitive level of asthmatic children in Guiyang.Methods A total of 400 children with asthma who had been diagnosed at least 12 months be-fore were selected, and questionnaire survey was conducted on the parents about the status of asthma control and their cognitive level about asthma.After that, the results were analyed.Results In the past 12 months, 72.5% of asth-matic children had asthma attacks, 35.5% had visited the emergency room, and 17.8% of had been hospitalized. The children′s parents in 61.5% thought that the nature of asthma was a chronic airway inflammatory disease, 72 .3% thought asthma was able to control, 77 .0% thought asthma needed regular medication for a long time, and 86 .8% thought that long-term use of inhaled corticosteroids would affect children′s growth and development.When the acute asthma attacked, 37 .3%of parents would add antibiotics and 26 .5%would choose short-actingβ2-receptor agonists; meanwhile, 34 .2% of parents thought that asthmatic children could participate in the normal movement when the asthma was under control, 35.5%would let their children adhere to using medicines regularly, and 25.5%would bring their children to return visit hospital on time.Conclusion Children′s asthma is poorly controlled in Guiyang area, and some parents′cognitive level about asthma is low.
Keywords：bronchial diseasesasthmachildasthma attack
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 17-20 )