Emotional distress in children with problematic severe asthma is associated with parental anxiety and depression

Selby, Louise; Beresford, Frances; Saglani, Sejal; Bush, Andrew; Jamalzadeh, Angela; Crouch, Rachael Moore; Hall, Pippa; Fleming, Louise

doi:10.1183/13993003.congress-2018.pa1280

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“…Another possible explanation is contributor to weight could be non-adherence to asthma medication, a behavior associated with worse asthma control and increased weight [ 63 , 64 ]. It is also possible that parental feeding practices may vary in response to parents’ perceptions of illness control, beliefs about how to manage asthma symptoms and methods used to alleviate child anxiety [ 12 , 13 , 16 , 65 , 66 ]. These findings suggest that healthcare professionals may need to consider other factors when providing weight management support to families with uncontrolled asthma.…”

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Parental Feeding, Child Eating and Physical Activity: Differences in Children Living with and without Asthma

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Heath

Nagakumar³

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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This study aimed to establish the differences in parental attitudes toward feeding and activity, as well as child eating and activity levels, between families of children living with and without asthma. Parents of children and young people aged between 10 and 16 years living both with asthma (n = 310) and without asthma (n = 311) completed measures for parental feeding, parental attitudes toward child exercise, child eating, child activity level and asthma control. Children living with asthma had a significantly higher BMIz (BMI standardised for weight and age) score, were significantly more likely to emotionally overeat and desired to drink more than their peers without asthma. Parents of children with asthma reported greater use of food to regulate emotions, restriction of food for weight control, monitoring of child activity, pressure to exercise and control over child activity. When asthma symptoms were controlled, parental restriction of food for weight management predicted greater child BMIz scores, and higher child activity predicted lower child BMIz scores. These relationships were not found to be significant for children with inadequately controlled asthma. Differences in parental attitudes toward feeding and exercise, and child eating and exercise behaviors, between families may help to explain the increased obesity risk for children with asthma.

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