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The Relationship of Household Routines to Morbidity Outcomes in Childhood Asthma
Author(s) -
PetersonSweeney Kathleen
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal for specialists in pediatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.499
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1744-6155
pISSN - 1539-0136
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6155.2008.00175.x
Subject(s) - asthma , medicine , intervention (counseling) , quality of life (healthcare) , family medicine , physical therapy , nursing
PURPOSE. The major purpose of this study was to explore the effect of routines on asthma management and morbidity outcomes for children with asthma and their parents.DESIGN AND METHODS. This study is a secondary data analysis in a sample of 150 children, which was originally used for an intervention study.RESULTS. Parents who had fewer routines in their homes had lower quality‐of‐life scores and higher burden of asthma scores when compared to parents in households with more routines. More routines were associated with improved asthma morbidity outcomes as measured by nurse rankings of routines.PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS. Assisting families to establish routines may result in improved asthma morbidity outcomes.