Pilot Testing Okay With AsthmaTM: An Online Asthma Intervention for School-Age Children

摘要

Asthma is the leading cause of missed school days despite advancements in asthmantreatment.This may be, in part, due to a lack of understanding about asthma. OkayWith Asthmau0003,nan online story with psychosocial management strategies for school-age children, was pilot testednto measure its effect on asthma knowledge and attitude. The online program delivers contentnabout asthma through a digital story and story-writing program. Using a one-group pretest-posttestnquasi-experimental design, 35 children with moderate to severe asthma completed a pretestnmeasure of asthma knowledge and attitudes and then completed Okay With Asthmau0003. At 1 weeknand 2 weeks after the intervention, the children completed the measures again. There were significantnimprovements in asthma knowledge scores at the 1- and 2-week evaluations and significantnimprovements in attitude scores 2 weeks after the program. Okay With Asthmau0003 specificallyntargets school-age children and teaches them how to use school resources and peers while managingntheir asthma.