Home-based educational interventions for children with asthma

When Control Exacerbates Distress: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Experiences of Hong Kong Chinese Parents in Caring for a Child with Asthma

“…In particular, this study has implications for clinical practice, revealing that healthcare providers should demonstrate more empathy and attention to parents with young asthmatic children. Structured asthma education programs that offer adequate information on asthma treatment and skills training, in addition to the management of symptoms, might be helpful to parents [37,38]. More importantly, this study indicates a pressing need for psychological support.…”

When Control Exacerbates Distress: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Experiences of Hong Kong Chinese Parents in Caring for a Child with Asthma

“…In particular, this study has implications for clinical practice, revealing that healthcare providers should demonstrate more empathy and attention to parents with young asthmatic children. Structured asthma education programs that offer adequate information on asthma treatment and skills training, in addition to the management of symptoms, might be helpful to parents [37,38]. More importantly, this study indicates a pressing need for psychological support.…”

A rapid synthesis of the evidence on interventions supporting self-management for people with long-term conditions: PRISMS – Practical systematic RevIew of Self-Management Support for long-term conditions

“…Chang et al 124 found a significant improvement in school absenteeism in the only RCT included within the review, whereas Coffman et al 125 found school absences to be significantly reduced in 5 of the 13 RCTs reporting on the outcome. Toelle and Ram 133 and Welsch et al 134 found no significant reduction in absenteeism; however, these findings come from a total of two RCTs and one RCT respectively. …”

“…The suggested benefits for QoL are not supported by three other reviews, 129,132,134 which report no overall evidence of benefit in QoL from between one and five RCTs.…”

Systematic meta-review of supported self-management for asthma: a healthcare perspective

“…In the 18 systematic reviews that reported the duration of follow-up in their included RCTs [ 23 – 25 , 27 – 29 , 33 , 35 , 38 – 40 , 42 – 47 , 61 ], the modal duration (in 10 of the reviews) was 12 months, with only 3% of reported RCTs falling outside the range of 3–24 months. The update RCTs had a similar profile, with 6 of 13 update RCTs having a duration of 12 months (range 3–30 months).…”

“…Taking into consideration both study quality and total population size, 10 PRISMS reviews received an evidence weighting of three stars [ 27 , 31 , 32 , 36 – 38 , 40 , 41 , 43 , 46 ], 13 were weighted two star [ 23 – 26 , 29 , 30 , 33 – 35 , 39 , 42 , 44 , 45 ] and two were weighted one star [ 28 , 47 ]. Of the PRISMS update RCTs, four were judged to be at low risk of bias [ 50 – 52 , 58 ], five at high risk of bias [ 48 , 49 , 55 , 59 , 60 ] and in four the risk of bias was unclear [ 53 , 54 , 56 , 57 ].…”

When Control Exacerbates Distress: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Experiences of Hong Kong Chinese Parents in Caring for a Child with Asthma

“…In particular, this study has implications for clinical practice, revealing that healthcare providers should demonstrate more empathy and attention to parents with young asthmatic children. Structured asthma education programs that offer adequate information on asthma treatment and skills training, in addition to the management of symptoms, might be helpful to parents [37,38]. More importantly, this study indicates a pressing need for psychological support.…”

A rapid synthesis of the evidence on interventions supporting self-management for people with long-term conditions: PRISMS – Practical systematic RevIew of Self-Management Support for long-term conditions

“…Chang et al 124 found a significant improvement in school absenteeism in the only RCT included within the review, whereas Coffman et al 125 found school absences to be significantly reduced in 5 of the 13 RCTs reporting on the outcome. Toelle and Ram 133 and Welsch et al 134 found no significant reduction in absenteeism; however, these findings come from a total of two RCTs and one RCT respectively. …”

“…The suggested benefits for QoL are not supported by three other reviews, 129,132,134 which report no overall evidence of benefit in QoL from between one and five RCTs.…”

Systematic meta-review of supported self-management for asthma: a healthcare perspective

“…In the 18 systematic reviews that reported the duration of follow-up in their included RCTs [ 23 – 25 , 27 – 29 , 33 , 35 , 38 – 40 , 42 – 47 , 61 ], the modal duration (in 10 of the reviews) was 12 months, with only 3% of reported RCTs falling outside the range of 3–24 months. The update RCTs had a similar profile, with 6 of 13 update RCTs having a duration of 12 months (range 3–30 months).…”

“…Taking into consideration both study quality and total population size, 10 PRISMS reviews received an evidence weighting of three stars [ 27 , 31 , 32 , 36 – 38 , 40 , 41 , 43 , 46 ], 13 were weighted two star [ 23 – 26 , 29 , 30 , 33 – 35 , 39 , 42 , 44 , 45 ] and two were weighted one star [ 28 , 47 ]. Of the PRISMS update RCTs, four were judged to be at low risk of bias [ 50 – 52 , 58 ], five at high risk of bias [ 48 , 49 , 55 , 59 , 60 ] and in four the risk of bias was unclear [ 53 , 54 , 56 , 57 ].…”

When Control Exacerbates Distress: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Experiences of Hong Kong Chinese Parents in Caring for a Child with Asthma

“…In particular, this study has implications for clinical practice, revealing that healthcare providers should demonstrate more empathy and attention to parents with young asthmatic children. Structured asthma education programs that offer adequate information on asthma treatment and skills training, in addition to the management of symptoms, might be helpful to parents [37,38]. More importantly, this study indicates a pressing need for psychological support.…”

A rapid synthesis of the evidence on interventions supporting self-management for people with long-term conditions: PRISMS – Practical systematic RevIew of Self-Management Support for long-term conditions

“…Chang et al 124 found a significant improvement in school absenteeism in the only RCT included within the review, whereas Coffman et al 125 found school absences to be significantly reduced in 5 of the 13 RCTs reporting on the outcome. Toelle and Ram 133 and Welsch et al 134 found no significant reduction in absenteeism; however, these findings come from a total of two RCTs and one RCT respectively. …”

“…The suggested benefits for QoL are not supported by three other reviews, 129,132,134 which report no overall evidence of benefit in QoL from between one and five RCTs.…”

Systematic meta-review of supported self-management for asthma: a healthcare perspective

“…In the 18 systematic reviews that reported the duration of follow-up in their included RCTs [ 23 – 25 , 27 – 29 , 33 , 35 , 38 – 40 , 42 – 47 , 61 ], the modal duration (in 10 of the reviews) was 12 months, with only 3% of reported RCTs falling outside the range of 3–24 months. The update RCTs had a similar profile, with 6 of 13 update RCTs having a duration of 12 months (range 3–30 months).…”

“…Taking into consideration both study quality and total population size, 10 PRISMS reviews received an evidence weighting of three stars [ 27 , 31 , 32 , 36 – 38 , 40 , 41 , 43 , 46 ], 13 were weighted two star [ 23 – 26 , 29 , 30 , 33 – 35 , 39 , 42 , 44 , 45 ] and two were weighted one star [ 28 , 47 ]. Of the PRISMS update RCTs, four were judged to be at low risk of bias [ 50 – 52 , 58 ], five at high risk of bias [ 48 , 49 , 55 , 59 , 60 ] and in four the risk of bias was unclear [ 53 , 54 , 56 , 57 ].…”