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Effects of coping-skills training in low-income urban African-American adolescents with asthma. Journal Article
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| Authors: | Velsor-Friedrich, B; Militello, L. K.; Richards, M. H.; Harrison, P. R.; Gross, I. M.; Romero, E.; Bryant, F. B. |
| Article Title: | Effects of coping-skills training in low-income urban African-American adolescents with asthma. |
| Abstract: | BACKGROUND: Minority teens with asthma are at particular risk for this life-threatening disease due to increased morbidity and mortality rates in addition to the normal challenges of adolescence. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this randomized controlled trial (n = 137) was to determine the effects of a coping-skills training program (intervention) compared with standard asthma education (attention control) in African-American teens with asthma. METHODS: Adolescents were recruited from five African-American dominant high schools serving low-income areas of Chicago. Data were collected at baseline, 2 months (immediately following the intervention), 6 months, and 12 months. Results. Both groups improved over time, with significant increases in asthma-related quality of life, asthma knowledge, and asthma self-efficacy, accompanied by decreases in symptom days and asthma-related school absences. CONCLUSIONS: Findings suggest that coping-skills training as implemented in this study provided no additional benefit beyond that experienced in the control group. However, group-based interventions delivered in the school setting may be beneficial for low-income, minority teens with asthma. |
| Journal Title: | Journal of Asthma |
| Volume: | 49 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| ISSN: | 1532-4303 |
| Publisher: | Unknown |
| Journal Place: | England |
| Date Published: | 2012 |
| Start Page: | 372 |
| End Page: | 379 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI/URL: | |
| Notes: | ID: 12531; Record Owner: From MEDLINE, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.; Status: MEDLINE; Publishing Model: Journal available in: Print-Electronic Citation processed from: Internet; NLM Journal Code: hf7, 8106454; Grant Number: R01NR009502-01A2 (United States NINR NIH HHS); Electronic Date of Publication: 20120221; Entry Date: 20120904 |
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