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Pilot Testing Okay With AsthmaTM: An Online Asthma Intervention for School-Age Children

Tami H. Wyatt, RN, PhD, CNE

Tami H. Wyatt, RN, PhD, CNE, is an assistant professor at the University of Tennessee Knoxville, College of Nursing

Emily J. Hauenstein, RN, PhD, LCP

Emily J. Hauenstein, RN, PhD, LCP, is the Thomas A. Saunders III Family Professor and director of the Southeastern Rural Mental Health Research Center, University of Virginia, School of Nursing, Charlottesville

Asthma is the leading cause of missed school days despite advancements in asthma treatment. This may be, in part, due to a lack of understanding about asthma. Okay With AsthmaTM, an online story with psychosocial management strategies for school-age children, was pilot tested to measure its effect on asthma knowledge and attitude. The online program delivers content about asthma through a digital story and story-writing program. Using a one-group pretest-post-test quasi-experimental design, 35 children with moderate to severe asthma completed a pretest measure of asthma knowledge and attitudes and then completed Okay With AsthmaTM. At 1 week and 2 weeks after the intervention, the children completed the measures again. There were significant improvements in asthma knowledge scores at the 1- and 2-week evaluations and significant improvements in attitude scores 2 weeks after the program. Okay With AsthmaTM specifically targets school-age children and teaches them how to use school resources and peers while managing their asthma.

Key Words: asthma • digital story • psychosocial management • storytelling • story writing

The Journal of School Nursing, Vol. 24, No. 3, 145-150 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1059840522334455
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