Study on the relationship between behavioural problems of child with asthma and family management style

Abstract

Objective To explore the psychological behavioral features and problems of child with bronchial asthma (asthma) and family management style.Methods Cluster random sampling was conducted to recruit 150 caregivers whose child suffered from asthma in 4 Third-Grade Class-A hospitals in Tangshan from 2012 to 2013.One hundred and fifty caregivers were investigated by chiild behavior checklist and family management measure.Results The rate of abnormal behavior was higher in asthmatic children (23.9％) than that in healthy children (12.97％),(x2=12.34,P＜ 0.05).Asthmatic children's behavioral problems mainly included bad communication,social withdrawn,aggressive behaviour in boys and depression,social withdrawn and schizoid behavior in girls.Asthmatic children' s behavioural problems were negatively associated with child daily life,parental management ability and parental mutuality (r =-0.21,-0.25,-0.29,P ＜0.05),and positively correlated with parental worries about the disease,family life difficulty and state of parental energy exhaust (r =0.26,0.24,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions The rate of abnormal behavior was high in child with asthma.The model of family management is mainly bearing with asthmatic child.Medical staff should provide family support to promote rehabilitation of psychological behavior of asthmatic child. Key words: Asthma ; Child ; Behavioural problems ; Family management style