Factors Associated with Asthma Self-Management in African American Adolescents.
Few studies have focused on asthma self-management in African American adolescents, a group with high rates of the disease. This study examined factors associated with asthma self-management in 133 African Americans aged 14-16 years including gender, asthma impairment, prior asthma education, cognitive and emotional illness representations. Twenty-five percent of the variance in asthma self-management was explained by having attended an asthma education program, perceiving more asthma consequences (illness consequences), and reporting greater understanding of asthma as an illness (illness coherence). Findings suggest that these variables may be important targets of interventions to improve asthma self-management in African American middle adolescents.
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- Sex Factors
- Severity of Illness Index
- Self Care
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- Patient Education as Topic
- Patient Compliance
- Nursing
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Published In
DOI
EISSN
ISSN
Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
Related Subject Headings
- United States
- Sex Factors
- Severity of Illness Index
- Self Care
- Risk Factors
- Prognosis
- Patient Education as Topic
- Patient Compliance
- Nursing
- Male