Related Factors on the Use of Asthma Medication in the Mothers of Affected Children

Abstract

本研究主要是探討氣喘患童母親有關氣喘藥物的知識、吸入器的使用技巧及自我效能 ，並探討知識、技巧、自我效能與患童健康狀況的相關性。採調查法以立意取樣在台 北市某醫學中心小兒過敏科門診，收集82位5-12歲的氣喘患童及其母親的資料。結果 顯示母親有關氣喘藥物的知識不足及欠缺吸入器的操作技巧，協助藥物使用的信心中 等，知識、技巧與協助藥物使用的信心呈正相關，且達統計上顯著差異（p<0.05）， 知識、技巧、自我效能與患童的健康狀況呈負相關但未達統計上顯著差異，研究結果 將可提供未來相關衛教的參考。 This study was to explore knowledge, technique, self-efficacy and related factors of the mothers on use of asthmatic medication in children. A study design based on investigation was adopted. Constructive questionnaires from 82 mothers were collected from a pediatric allergy clinic of a medical center in Taipei. This study ultimately revealed the mothers’ knowledge and ability to use inhaling devices is rough and self efficacy is insufficient. There show a significant positive correlation between knowledge and self efficacy (p<0. 001), ability to use inhaling devices and self efficacy (p<0.001), and show a negative correlation between knowledge and health status, ability to use inhaling devices and health status, self efficacy and health status , but no significantly. Nurses’ can adopt the results of study as a reference for instruction to mothers’ of children with asthma.