Living on the edge of asthma: A grounded theory exploration. Issue 4 (30th May 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shaw, Michele R.; Oneal, Gail
• Is Part Of: Journal for specialists in pediatric nursing. Volume 19:Issue 4(2014)
• Page Start: 296
• Page End: 307
• Publication Date: 2014-05-30
• Subjects: Pediatric nursing -- Periodicals; Evidence-based nursing -- Periodicals; Evidence-based pediatrics -- Periodicals; 618.9200231
• DOI: 10.1111/jspn.12080
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1539-0136

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title>Abstract</title> <sec id="jspn12080-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <title>Purpose</title> <p>Most asthma‐related emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations for asthma are preventable. Our purpose was to develop a grounded theory to guide interventions to reduce unnecessary hospitalizations and ED visits.</p> </sec> <sec id="jspn12080-sec-0002" sec-type="section"> <title>Design and Methods</title> <p>Grounded theory inquiry guided interviews of 20 participants, including 13 parents and 7 children.</p> </sec> <sec id="jspn12080-sec-0003" sec-type="section"> <title>Results</title> <p> <italic>Living on the edge of asthma</italic> was the emergent theory. Categories included: balancing, losing control, seeking control, and transforming.</p> </sec> <sec id="jspn12080-sec-0004" sec-type="section"> <title>Practice Implications</title> <p>The theory provides the means for nurses to understand the dynamic process that families undergo in trying to prevent and then deal with and learn from an acute asthma attack requiring hospitalization or an ED visit.</p> </sec> </abstract>