Volume : 7, Issue : 7, July - 2018

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

Mary Joseph, Sreedevi T R

Abstract :

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%;tab-stops:288.45pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Asthma<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>is<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>one of the most<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>important<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>chronic<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>diseases of childhood, causing substantial morbidity.<span class="A1"><span style="mso-ansi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%">Children with chronic diseases have a relatively compromised health and quality of life. The presentstudy was<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>aimed to assess <span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;</span>thebiopsychosocial<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>dimensions ofhealth<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>of<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>asthmatic<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>children. Descriptive survey design<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>was<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>selected. Asthmatic children andtheir<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>mothers<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>constituted<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>the<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>sample.The<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>study<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>was conducted<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>among 100 asthmatic children and<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>their<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>mothers, attending<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>the<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>asthma<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>clinic<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>of<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>a selected hospital<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>in Kottayam district. Nonprobability purposive<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>sampling<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>technique<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>was<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>used. Data<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>were collected using a rating<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>scale<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>prepared<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>by<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>the investigator<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>and<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>analysed<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>using<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>differential<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>statistics. Results showed<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>that<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span></span></span>only<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>62% of<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>children had<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>good health in biopsychosocial dimensions. Majority of<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>the asthmatic children studied <span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;</span>had<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>good physical(69%) and social health(85%) whereas only<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>34% had<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>good<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>psychological health. There was asignificant association between biopsychosocial dimensions of<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>health<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>and<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>selected variables like age<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>of<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>the child<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>and<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>symptom<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>control at<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>0.05 and .01 level respectively.Study concluded thatmeasures need to be initiated to<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>improve thebiopsychosocialdimensions of <span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;</span>health<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>of<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>asthmatic<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>children.<o:p></o:p></span></p>