An educational program for parents of asthmatic preschool children: Short- and medium-term effects

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-91

  Warschburger, Petra ^a   Von Schwerin, Ann Doreen ^a   Buchholz, Hartmut Thorsten ^a   Petermann, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asthma; Parent education; Quality of life; Self management; Young children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PARENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; TIME; TRAINING;

ADULT; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0042707929     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(02)00169-6     Document Type: Article

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