Health-related internet use among adolescents with uncontrolled persistent asthma.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe internet use for health information among adolescents with uncontrolled persistent asthma, and to examine whether health-related internet use is associated with responsibility for home asthma management.

Methods

We analyzed baseline data from the School-Based Asthma Care for Teens (SB-ACT) Trial, which included adolescents (12-16 years) in an urban school district who had uncontrolled persistent asthma per caregiver report. We asked adolescents whether they had ever used the Internet to look for health or medical information (Y/N). Teens then described family responsibility for 9 asthma management tasks (e.g. full caregiver responsibility, shared responsibility, or full teen responsibility). We examined responsibility sum scores in addition to responsi

SUBMITTER: Frey SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8274383 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature