An exploration of parent-child dyadic asthma management influences on quality of life

Abstract

Most studies of childhood asthma management use data from a single family reporter and fail to capture the parent-child dyadic influences. In this descriptive exploratory study with 183 parent-child dyads, data were collected from both parents and children. Using structural equation modeling, the relationships of parents’ and children’s asthma knowledge, self-efficacy to manage asthma, and asthma management on the child's quality of life were examined. Direct significant relationships from knowledge to self-efficacy to asthma management were found for each member of the dyad. The associations between parents’ and children’s self-efficacy and asthma management were not statistically significant. Only the children’s self-efficacy to manage asthma was significantly associated with children’s asthma-related quality of life.

• Asthma self-management
• self-efficacy
• quality of life

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