Improving asthma care in children: revealing needs and bottlenecks through in-depth interviews.

ABSTRACT: Asthma affects 7% of Dutch children and poses an increasing challenge, highlighting the need for effective paediatric asthma care. Achieving optimal asthma control is crucial given the potentially negative long-term effects of bad asthma control on lung development and quality of life in young children. The aim was to understand the challenges and requirements of existing asthma management practices in children. In a qualitative explorative study design, semi-structured, in-depth interviews were held among 37 Dutch stakeholders. A total of 15 patients/parents, 10 general practitioners (GPs), 5 paediatricians/paediatric pulmonologists and 7 nursing specialist/pulmonary nurses participated. Analysis was based on a thematic inductive analysis, using open and axial coding. GPs tended to emphas

SUBMITTER: Gijsen CEW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11655526 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature