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Using focus groups to identify asthma care and education issues for elderly urban-dwelling minority individuals.

机译:利用焦点小组确定老年城市居民的哮喘护理和教育问题。

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A growing number of older adults are afflicted with asthma; these older asthmatic individuals suffer more deleterious consequences as compared with younger asthmatic individuals. Asthma is a chronic condition requiring the person's ability to self-manage symptoms. Few educational programs have focused on older asthmatic adults' learning needs and even fewer on those of older minority individuals with this disease. Three focus groups were conducted in East Harlem. Each group consisted of 6 to 10 participants. All focus groups were led by the same coleaders and were conducted using the same semistructured format. Discussions were audio-taped and transcribed. Transcriptions were reviewed by two independent raters who determined major themes and concerns. Comparisons were made and discrepancies resolved through discussion and consensus with the team of investigators. In this pilot study, there were important similarities in the themes identified by participants in the 3 focus groups. Older individuals withasthma, their unlicensed caregivers, and health professionals all identified the following as important in the care of older adults who are asthmatic: (1) the negative impact of asthma on the individual's quality of life, (2) high cost of medications, (3) nonadherence to the medical regimen, and (4) difficulty that these individuals have in accessing the health care system.
机译:越来越多的老年人患有哮喘。与年轻的哮喘个体相比,这些年龄较大的哮喘个体遭受更有害的后果。哮喘是一种慢性疾病,需要患者自我控制症状的能力。很少有教育计划将重点放在老年人哮喘的学习需求上,甚至很少针对患有这种疾病的老年人群体。在东哈林区举行了三个焦点小组会议。每个小组由6至10名参与者组成。所有焦点小组由相同的共同领导者领导,并使用相同的半结构化格式进行。讨论被录音和转录。转录由两名独立的评估者进行审核,他们确定了主要主题和关注点。通过与研究人员小组的讨论和共识,进行了比较并解决了差异。在这项初步研究中,三个焦点小组的参与者确定的主题存在重要的相似之处。患有哮喘的老年人,其无证照料的护理人员和卫生专业人员都认为以下因素对哮喘的老年人的护理很重要:(1)哮喘对个体生活质量的负面影响,(2)高昂的药物治疗费用, (3)不遵守医疗制度,以及(4)这些人在使用医疗保健系统时遇到困难。

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