Abstract
Ng Sze Ka* Author Affiliations Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, United Christian Hospital, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong Received: April 25, 2020 | Published: May 07, 2020 Corresponding author:Ng Sze Ka, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, United Christian Hospital, Hospital Authority, United Christian Hospital, 130 Hip Wo Street, Kung Tong, Hong Kong DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2020.27.004516
Highlights
Parents feel psychological difficulties for managing children with asthma [1]
This paper aims to describe the parents of children with asthma perception about inhaler treatment and smoking at home
Parents of asthmatic children were invited to attend this semi-structure interview with open-ended questions and guided by a theme list which was conducted during the hospitalization of their children
Summary
Parents feel psychological difficulties for managing children with asthma [1]. Fear of asthma treatment, such as corticosteroid or inhaler, exists and leads to poor asthma control in children or poor quality of life in children and their family. Many of carers mentioned that they were afraid of using asthma treatment in corticosteroid [1,2]. They concerns the side effect of corticosteroids such as growth suppression, addiction or psychiatric disturbances. This paper is reported the qualitative data of a clinical trial which aims to describe parents of children with asthma perception about inhaler treatment and smoking at home [4]
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