Exploration of the Influence of Factors Identified in the Literature on School-aged Children's Emotional Responses to Asthma.

Abstract

Approximately 6.3 million US children suffer from asthma. The purpose of this study was to explore factors on school-aged children's emotional responses to asthma, N=85, ages 6-12. Correlations included Asthma related child emotional functioning QOL and (a) asthma severity, r=-0.30, p<0.01, (b) child internalizing behaviors, r=-0.26, p<0.05, (c) child externalizing behaviors r=-0.43, p<0.001; Caregiver emotional functioning QOL and (a) asthma severity, r=-0.39, p<0.001, (b) child internalizing behaviors, r=-0.22, p<0.05, (c) child externalizing behaviors, r=-0.25; p<0.05. Multiple regression analysis revealed that asthma severity and child externalizing problems accounted for 26% of the variance in asthma related child emotional functioning QOL, F (4, 79)=7.051, p<0.001 (asthma severity, β=-0.31, p<0.01; child externalizing problem behaviors, β=-0.43, p<0.001). Findings imply that asthma research should consider problem behaviors of school-aged children when addressing asthma related emotional functioning QOL.

• Authors: Verónica García Walker
• Journal: Journal of pediatric nursing (J Pediatr Nurs) 2017 Mar - Apr Vol. 33 Pg. 54-62 ISSN: 1532-8449 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 28065421 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Topics

• Absenteeism
• Adaptation, Psychological
• Adolescent
• Asthma (diagnosis, psychology, therapy)
• Caregivers (psychology)
• Child
• Child Behavior Disorders (epidemiology, physiopathology)
• Cross-Sectional Studies
• Databases, Factual
• Female
• Humans
• Male
• Parent-Child Relations
• Quality of Life
• Risk Factors
• Severity of Illness Index
• Sickness Impact Profile
• Stress, Psychological (epidemiology)