Influence of Anxiety of Caregiver on Disease Management of Preschool Asthma Children

VernacularTitle:学龄前期哮喘患儿照护者焦虑对疾病照护能力的影响
Author: Li SHEN ; Nan SHENG ; Ying ZHANG
Keywords: preschool children; asthma; caregiver; anxiety; condition management ability; condition management difficulty
From: Journal of China Medical University 2017;46(1):41-44,49
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To describe the anxiety of caregivers and condition management of preschool asthma children ,and analyze the relation?ship between anxiety and disease management. Methods A total of 208 caregivers of asthma children from two hospitals in Shanghai were select?ed using convenient sampling,and surveyed by self?rating anxiety scale(SAS),condition management ability scale and condition management diffi?culty scale. Results The score of SAS were negatively correlated with the condition management ability and positively correlated with the condi?tion management difficulty. Hierarchical regression analysis showed that the model explained 26.6%amount and 35.1%amount of variation respec?tively. Conclusion The anxiety of caregiver of children with asthma may affect the disease management. Future interventions should be strength?ened on the caregivers'psychological problems,so as to improve disease management and control asthma more effectively.