Increasing Parental Knowledge of Asthma Decreases the Hospitalization of the Child: A Pilot Study

Abstract

The parents of asthmatic children treated in the pediatric respiratory service of Wolfson Hospital were randomly divided into two groups. One group compromised 26 parents who voluntarily attended a teaching session. After completion of the course, a questionnaire was completed by parents who had attended the course and parents who had not. The first group showed greater knowledge of all aspects of the disease and, after a year's follow up, it was noted that there was a statistically significant lower hospitalization rate of their asthmatic child.