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Effects of Coping-Skills Training in Low-Income Urban African-American Adolescents with Asthma.
- Source :
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Journal of Asthma . May2012, Vol. 49 Issue 4, p372-379. 8p. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Background. Minority teens with asthma are at particular risk for this life-threatening disease due to increased morbidity and mortality rates in addition to the normal challenges of adolescence. Objective. The purpose of this randomized controlled trial ( n = 137) was to determine the effects of a coping-skills training program (intervention) compared with standard asthma education (attention control) in African-American teens with asthma. Methods. Adolescents were recruited from five African-American dominant high schools serving low-income areas of Chicago. Data were collected at baseline, 2 months (immediately following the intervention), 6 months, and 12 months. Results. Both groups improved over time, with significant increases in asthma-related quality of life, asthma knowledge, and asthma self-efficacy, accompanied by decreases in symptom days and asthma-related school absences. Conclusions. Findings suggest that coping-skills training as implemented in this study provided no additional benefit beyond that experienced in the control group. However, group-based interventions delivered in the school setting may be beneficial for low-income, minority teens with asthma. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02770903
- Volume :
- 49
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Asthma
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 77191666
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3109/02770903.2012.660296