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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Demographic and Risk-Factor Differences between Users and Non-Users of Unscheduled Healthcare among Pediatric Outpatients with Persistent Asthma.

Pavani Rangachari, Dixie D Griffin, Santu Ghosh, Kathleen R May

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Pavani RangachariDepartment of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, College of Allied Health Sciences, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9464-7299
Dixie D GriffinDivision of Allergy-Immunology and Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
Santu GhoshDepartment of Population Health Sciences, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
Kathleen R MayDivision of Allergy-Immunology and Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
Augusta University · USAugusta University Health · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study assesses differences between users and non-users of unscheduled healthcare for persistent childhood asthma, with regard to select demographic and risk factors. The objectives are to provide important healthcare utilization information and a foundation for future research on self-management effectiveness (SME), informed by a recently developed "holistic framework" for measuring SME in childhood asthma. An 18-month retrospective chart review was conducted on 59 pediatric outpatients with persistent asthma-mild, moderate, or severe, to obtain data on various demographic and risk factors, and healthcare use for each child. The study examined five types of "unscheduled" healthcare use. Users had non-zero encounters (at least one) in any of the five types; non-users had zero encounters (not even one) in all five types. Differences between users and non-users were assessed using contingency table and logistic regression analysis. There were 25 users and 34 non-users of unscheduled healthcare. Each severity category contained users and non-users. The only statistically significant finding was that the mild persistent category had fewer users than severe persistent (

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AdolescentAsthmaChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansMaleOutpatientsPatient Acceptance of Health CareRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSelf EfficacySelf-ManagementSeverity of Illness IndexSocioeconomic Factorsasthma managementevidence-based practice guidelineshealthcare utilizationholistic frameworkpediatric asthmapersistent asthmaself-management effectiveness

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PMID32326397
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