Objective To assess child adherence to preventive asthma medications; to investigate
relations between knowledge, reasoning about asthma, and responsibility for management …

Focus groups were conducted with children with asthma to generate descriptive data
regarding asthma adherence. Transcripts of focus groups were analyzed using qualitative …

BACKGROUND. Previous studies suggest a relationship between parental beliefs about
asthma medications and medication adherence. It is not clear how parents' positive and …

Asthma is a common chronic illness of childhood that requires coordinated efforts by
children, families, and health care professionals for proper medical management. The …

Background.—Although national guidelines recommend controller medications for children
with persistent asthma, adherence is poor. Prior studies have begun to explore parental …

OBJECTIVE: Our objectives were to examine how certain aspects of provider-patient
communication recommended by national asthma guidelines (ie, provider asking for child …

Nonadherence to treatment is an important influence on the health outcomes of children and
adolescents with pediatric asthma, which is the most prevalent childhood chronic illness …

Objective To develop a self-report measure of barriers to adherence and to evaluate its
reliability and validity in a sample of adolescents with asthma. Methods The Illness …

Objective To provide a systematic review of correlates of adherence to inhaled
corticosteroids (ICS) in pediatric asthma across the individual, family, community, and …

Background and objective: Adherence with preventive asthma medication by young children
is an important factor when evaluating a suboptimal response to treatment. However, few …