Peer-led Education for Adolescents With Asthma in Jordan: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

Al-Sheyab, Nihaya; Gallagher, Robyn; Crisp, Jackie; Shah, Smita

doi:10.1542/peds.2011-0346

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“…Nineteen studies focused on disease knowledge as an outcome measure [42,43,45,47,48,[52][53][54][55]57,[61][62][63]66,71,73,76,78,82]. In general, SMI showed a trend in favor of intervention.…”

Section: Outcome Measure Disease Knowledgementioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring effectiveness and effective components of self-management interventions for young people with chronic physical conditions: A systematic review

Bal

Sattoe

Roelofs

et al. 2016

Patient Education and Counseling

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Adherence could be improved through interventions focused on medical management, provided individually in a clinical or home setting by a mono-disciplinary team. Interventions focused on dealing with a chronic condition might be provided individually, through telemedicine programs facilitating peer-support. These intervention elements seemed effective irrespective of diagnosis, and may therefore act as good starting points for further research into and for improvement of self-management support for youth with chronic conditions in pediatric care. Results underlined the need to systematically develop and evaluate self-management interventions, since this may provide more evidence for effectiveness and effective intervention components.

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Section: Outcome Measure Disease Knowledgementioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring effectiveness and effective components of self-management interventions for young people with chronic physical conditions: A systematic review

Bal

Sattoe

Roelofs

et al. 2016

Patient Education and Counseling

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“…The methods have been described elsewhere but are summarised here [19] . Adolescents were recruited from four high schools in the Irbid region of Jordan.…”

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“…The content of the Peer Leader Training Program was delivered by bilingual Jordanian health workers, in both English and Arabic and has been described previously [19] . Twenty four peer leaders from year 11 were trained by these health workers to deliver the three Triple A lessons to the year 10 students.…”

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“…This program has been shown to improve quality of life for adolescents with asthma, increase asthma knowledge and decrease asthma-related school absenteeism in Australia. The program has also been tested in Jordan where it is known as the Triple A in Jordan (TAJ) and resulted in significant improvement in self-efficacy to resist smoking [19,20] . However, to the researchers' knowledge, there were no similar studies that examined the impact of school-based, peer-led intervention on adolescent smoking behaviour in Jordan.…”

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Cigarette smoking in adolescents with asthma in Jordan: Impact of peer-led education in high schools

Al-Sheyab

Gallagher²,

Gallagher³

et al. 2013

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Background: Peer-led smoking prevention programs focus on teaching adolescents-especially those with asthma-who are affected most by cigarettes, refusal skills to lower their intention to smoke. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of a peer-led asthma education program on students who were smokers in terms of self-efficacy to resist smoking, asthma knowledge and asthma-related quality of life. Methods:This study is a secondary analysis of a cluster-randomized controlled trial of students with asthma (n = 259) in 4 randomly-selected high schools, stratified for gender in Northern Jordan, using a closed-envelope technique. Trained bilingual health workers facilitated the implementation of the peer-led program, which uses a three-step cascade process to train peers from year 11 and 10 over a three week period to deliver asthma education for the school community, with the aid of well-established resources. Students with asthma (n = 261) in grades 8, 9 and 10 were surveyed at baseline in December 2006 and three months post-intervention on the main outcomes, which were asthma-related quality of life, knowledge of asthma management, and self-efficacy to resist smoking. For the purpose of this paper, we assessed the impact on the intervention only on students who were smokers (n = 72). Results:The prevalence of smoking among students with asthma was 29%. Male students (44%) were more likely to smoke than females (6%) (p<0.001). Compared to the control group, the peer-led intervention improved self-efficacy to resist smoking, understand asthma and asthma-related quality of life. Smokers within the intervention schools improved their self-efficacy to resist smoking by 83% (p=0.001), asthma knowledge by 60% (p=0.001) and demonstrated benefits within all the sub-domains of asthma related quality of life when compared to controls (p=0.001). Conclusion:The prevalence of smoking among high school Jordanian students with asthma, especially males, is alarmingly high, highlighting the need for early intervention. A school-based peer-led asthma and smoking education approach can be effective in motivating students to not smoke. Therefore, nurse educators worldwide, especially who work in youth centers, community, and school health fields, need to be aware of the effectiveness, availability, and possible adoption of such innovative interventions in order to improve overall well-being for adolescents in general and for smokers in specific.

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“…Bruzzese et al [18] tested the feasibility of a short-term educational intervention in the public schools that provided information to both non-asthmatic family members and their children with asthma. Similar programs have focused on peer support [19] and academic counseling [20], both of which included peer and professional led information sessions and peer-centered positive social interactions. Srof et al [21] tested a coping skills training program with five small groups of teens.…”

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Mindful Meditation for Individuals with Asthma and Anxiety: Promising Results from a Multiple Baseline Study

Cheryl¹,

Loc²,

Ls³

et al. 2017

J Yoga Phys Ther

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Asthma is a disease that affects the overall health and quality of life of millions of children and adults in the U.S. In addition to the physical symptoms and the limitations, many people with asthma also experience anxiety. Psychological interventions used in conjunction with standard treatment have successfully reduced anxiety, as well as improved lung functioning among people with asthma. Mindfulness techniques have been shown to reduce anxiety among children, adolescents and adults. This study sought to determine if mindfulness meditation might reduce anxiety and also improve lung functioning. It was found that lung functioning was moderately improved, especially on the day of the sessions, pre and post treatment. Anxiety was also substantially improved during the pre and post in-session treatment.

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Peer-led Education for Adolescents With Asthma in Jordan: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

Cited by 71 publications

References 47 publications

Exploring effectiveness and effective components of self-management interventions for young people with chronic physical conditions: A systematic review

Exploring effectiveness and effective components of self-management interventions for young people with chronic physical conditions: A systematic review

Cigarette smoking in adolescents with asthma in Jordan: Impact of peer-led education in high schools

Mindful Meditation for Individuals with Asthma and Anxiety: Promising Results from a Multiple Baseline Study

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