Asthma-Related Knowledge and Practices among Mothers of Asthmatic Children
A Latent Class Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15466396 |
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| Authors | Salvatore Fasola (0000-0002-5378-5505, Istituto di Farmacologia Traslazionale, corresponding author), Velia Malizia (0000-0002-1754-9353, Istituto di Farmacologia Traslazionale), Giuliana Ferrante (0000-0001-9917-2387, University of Verona), Amelia Licari (0000-0002-1773-6482, University of Pavia), Laura Montalbano (0000-0002-3540-4801, Istituto di Farmacologia Traslazionale), Giovanna Cilluffo (0000-0003-4305-3981, University of Palermo), Stefania La Grutta (0000-0001-8026-0715, Istituto di Farmacologia Traslazionale, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 2539-2539 |
| Publication date | 2022-02-22 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph19052539 |
| PMID | 35270232 |
| OpenAlex | W4213368182 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 42 |
Mothers' knowledge about childhood asthma influences management practices and disease control, but validating knowledge/practice questionnaires is difficult due to the lack of a gold standard. We hypothesized that Latent Class Analysis (LCA) could help identify underlying mother profiles with similar knowledge/practices. A total of 438 mothers of asthmatic children answered a knowledge/practice questionnaire. Using answers to the knowledge/practice questionnaire as manifest variables, LCA identified two classes: Class 1, "poor knowledge" (33%); Class 2, "good knowledge" (67%). Classification accuracy was 0.96. Mothers in Class 2 were more likely to be aware of asthma-worsening factors and indicators of attacks. Mothers in Class 1 were more likely to prevent exposure to tobacco smoke (91.1% vs. 78.8%, p = 0.005). For attacks, mothers in Class 2 were more likely to go to the emergency department and follow the asthma action plan. Mothers in Class 2 more frequently had a high education level (79.5% vs. 65.2%, p = 0.004). Children in Class 2 more frequently had fully controlled asthma (36.7% vs. 25.9%, p = 0.015) and hospitalizations for attacks in the previous 12 months (24.2% vs. 10.7%, p = 0.003). LCA can help discover underlying mother profiles and plan targeted educational interventions
Asthma · Asthma attack · Class (philosophy · Environmental health · Family medicine · Latent class model · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Tobacco smoke · Asthma and respiratory diseases · Medicine · Pediatric health and respiratory diseases · Respiratory and Cough-Related Research · Immunology
| Highly cited | No |
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