Children's self-efficacy, attitude toward illness and parent's asthma management: Effect on quality of life among asthmatic children
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Date publication
décembre 2008
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr SPITZ Elisabeth
Tous les auteurs :
Chateaux V, Spitz E
Lien Pubmed
Résumé
The objective of this research was to investigate the influence of children's self-efficacy, attitudes and their parent's asthma management on quality of life among children suffering from asthma. One hundred and forty-six children (8-12 years old) with moderate to severe asthma filled in a quality of life questionnaire, and a self-efficacy and attitudes scales; 92 parents completed the childhood asthma self-management scale. Results show that the children's negative feelings about asthma and the parents' difficulties to manage asthma are linked to a worse quality of life; the children's self-efficacy influences both positively and negatively children's quality of life. The development of parents' asthma management program should enhance their children's quality of life. (C) 2008 Societe francaise de psychologie. Publie par Elsevier Masson SAS. Tous droits reserves.
Référence
Psychol Fr. 2008 Dec;53(4):437-48