Perceptions and experiences underlying self-management and reporting of symptoms in teens with asthma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Teens often have inadequate asthma self-management and control. However, little is known of their perceptions of or rationales for self-management behaviors.

Objectives

To explore how teens self-manage asthma, including experiences, perceptions, responses to and reporting of symptoms.

Methods

A case-based, qualitative-descriptive design was used. Data were collected from minority and non-minority teens with controlled and uncontrolled asthma and their respective parents (N = 28). There were four data-collection points, including: (1) a primary teen interview; (2) parent interview; (3) 2-week self-management voice-diary; and (4) follow-up teen interview, incorporating symptom-response card-sorting to map symptoms and associated self-management responses. Sev

SUBMITTER: Mammen JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5182183 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature