Barriers of Asthma Care among Asthmatic Children in Saudi Arabia: Maternal Perspectives

• 作者: Abeer Alatawi Meshaal Alanazi
• 来源期刊: 儿科学期刊(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: Barriers to Asthma Care Mothers CHILDREN and Saudi Arabia
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（2）
• 页码范围: 302-313
• 页数: 12页
• 分类号: R56

摘要

<b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Background </span></b><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Bronchial asthma is one of the most common chronic conditions among children. Despite the improvement in asthma treatment regimens, its prevalence and related morbidity are increasing, especially among underserved, minority children. There are barriers in the management of asthma, which may impact the quality of outcomes. The goal of this study is to explore these barriers. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Methods </span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">A cross-sectional study was conducted on interview data collected through 2019 from mothers of children (aged 6 - 12 years) with asthma visiting, for convenience, a public shopping mall. The interviewees were randomly selected</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">,</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> because they met the inclusion criteria. Participants were considered if the mother answered “yes” to the following questions: Has your child had physician-diagnosed asthma? Is your child currently taking asthma medications of asthma? Two community nurses conducted the interviews. Data was obtained using administrative questionnaires. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 21.0 (IBM Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). Descriptive statistics of percentage, mean, frequency and standard deviation were applied for categorical and continuous variables. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Results </span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Three hundred mothers participated in this study. Their average age was 36.8 years, 55% were housekeepers by profession, and 34% had obtained less than high school education. The majority of children (61%) were males, 45% had moderate asthma, and 42% had mild asthma. The most frequent types of barriers identified by parents were environmental factors (67.7%), followed by health care providers (63%), the health care system (48%), and patient or