This study demonstrates that asthma diaries can be a
useful tool in aiding in-depth and comprehensive understanding
about uncontrolled asthma and its management.
Having recognized the value, nurses need to encourage
adolescents to keep the asthma diaries as a means to monitor
symptoms, quality of life and treatment adherence. Adolescents
are more likely to keep their diaries and consider it less
of a burden when they receive timely feedback from clinicians
(National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute, & Blood
Institute, 2007). Asthma diaries can potentially facilitate
constructive communications between adolescent patients
and their nurses. Specific understanding about an individual's
characteristic symptom manifestations and quality of
life gleaned from the asthma diary can allow nurses or other
clinicians to efficiently assess the impact of asthma and customize their intervention efforts to the individual to
adequately address the identified issues. As such, the tailored
communications between adolescents and clinicians can lead
to mutually agreed upon asthma management plans with
which the adolescents are more likely to adhere.
This study demonstrates that asthma diaries can be auseful tool in aiding in-depth and comprehensive understandingabout uncontrolled asthma and its management.Having recognized the value, nurses need to encourageadolescents to keep the asthma diaries as a means to monitorsymptoms, quality of life and treatment adherence. Adolescentsare more likely to keep their diaries and consider it lessof a burden when they receive timely feedback from clinicians(National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute, & BloodInstitute, 2007). Asthma diaries can potentially facilitateconstructive communications between adolescent patientsand their nurses. Specific understanding about an individual'scharacteristic symptom manifestations and quality oflife gleaned from the asthma diary can allow nurses or otherclinicians to efficiently assess the impact of asthma and customize their intervention efforts to the individual toadequately address the identified issues. As such, the tailoredcommunications between adolescents and clinicians can leadto mutually agreed upon asthma management plans withwhich the adolescents are more likely to adhere.
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