SELF-EFFICACY EXPECTATIONS AND SELF-MANAGEMENT IN CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA.
Contributors: Texas Woman's University.
Published: 1990
Number of pages: 139
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Education, Early Childhood.
Description: An experimental, two group study was conducted to ascertain the relationship between an educational program of asthma self-management with behavior, knowledge, and perception of self-efficacy of children aged 7-12 years with asthma. A knowledge test, a behavior scale and a demographic data form were administered to 27 experimental and 26 control subjects in two Pediatric clinics. Subjects also maintained a diary of asthma related activities. The experimental group received formal instruction in an asthma self-management program. The control group received routine asthma education from the clinic nurses. Four subjects in each group were lost to follow-up. Changes in asthma knowledge and perception of self-efficacy were not significant between the two groups (p $>$ 0.05) but the experimental group did have a significant increase in their tests scores after treatment (p $>$ 0.01). The number of asthma self-management behaviors was also significantly higher for the experimental group (p $>$ 0.05).
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-06, Section: B, page: 2822.

Thesis (PH.D.)--TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY, 1990.

School code: 0925.