Volume : VII, Issue : VII, July - 2018

Biopsychosocial dimensions of health of asthmatic children-a descriptive survey.

Mary Joseph, Sreedevi T R

Abstract :

Asthma  is  one of the most  important  chronic  diseases of childhood, causing substantial morbidity.Children with chronic diseases have a relatively compromised health and quality of life. The presentstudy was  aimed to assess  thebiopsychosocial  dimensions ofhealth  of  asthmatic  children. Descriptive survey design  was  selected. Asthmatic children andtheir  mothers  constituted  the  sample.The  study  was conducted  among 100 asthmatic children and  their  mothers, attending  the  asthma  clinic  of  a selected hospital  in Kottayam district. Nonprobability purposive  sampling  technique  was  used. Data  were collected using a rating  scale  prepared  by  the investigator  and  analysed  using  differential  statistics. Results showed  that  only  62% of  children had  good health in biopsychosocial dimensions. Majority of  the asthmatic children studied  had  good physical(69%) and social health(85%) whereas only  34% had  good  psychological health. There was asignificant association between biopsychosocial dimensions of  health  and  selected variables like age  of  the child  and  symptom  control at  0.05 and .01 level respectively.Study concluded thatmeasures need to be initiated to  improve thebiopsychosocialdimensions of  health  of  asthmatic  children.

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Mary Joseph, Sreedevi T R, Biopsychosocial dimensions of health of asthmatic children-a descriptive survey., GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-7 | Issue-7 | July-2018

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