Enhancing pediatric asthma management through multifaceted health education

Table 1 Comparison of clinical data between the two groups

Variable		Control group (n = 50)	Observation group (n = 50)	t/χ2/u	P value
Age (yr)		2-13 (7.53 ± 1.98)	3-14 (7.73 ± 2.06)	0.495	0.622
Gender (male/female)		30/20	27/23	0.367	0.545
Course of disease (years)		1-4 (2.97 ± 0.23)	2-5 (3.01 ± 0.44)	0.570	0.570
Family degree	Junior high school and below	4 (8.00)	5 (10.00)	0.125	0.940
	Senior high school	9 (18.00)	9 (18.00)
	College degree or above	37 (74.00)	36 (72.00)

Table 2 Comparison of disease knowledge cognition between the two groups (mean ± SD, point)

Time	Group	n	Knowledge of medication	Home management	Disease knowledge	Symptom management	Prophylaxis	Healthy diet	Total score
Pre-intervention	Observation group	50	6.05 ± 2.12	5.03 ± 1.47	5.07 ± 1.87	4.93 ± 1.13	5.73 ± 1.07	6.03 ± 1.17	32.84 ± 5.92
	Control group	50	5.97 ± 1.89	4.82 ± 1.56	4.93 ± 1.39	5.07 ± 1.23	5.92 ± 1.56	6.32 ± 1.56	33.03 ± 6.09
	t value		0.199	0.693	0.425	-0.593	-0.710	-1.052	-0.158
	P value		0.843	0.490	0.672	0.555	0.479	0.296	0.875
Post-intervention	Observation group	50	8.26 ± 1.47	7.97 ± 1.42	8.94 ± 0.58	8.71 ± 0.97	8.87 ± 1.03	8.27 ± 1.34	51.02 ± 5.34
	Control group	50	7.62 ± 1.34	6.53 ± 1.25	7.60 ± 0.42	7.18 ± 1.03	7.67 ± 1.34	7.03 ± 1.08	43.63 ± 4.27
	t value		2.275	5.382	13.232	7.647	5.021	5.095	7.643
	P value		0.025	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001

Table 3 compares symptom control between the two groups [n (%)]

Group	n	No daytime symptoms	No nocturnal symptoms	No limitation of movement	No palliative drugs were used
Observation group	50	39 (78.00)	37 (74.00)	36 (72.00)	38 (76.00)
Control group	50	28 (56.00)	22 (44.00)	21 (42.00)	22 (44.00)
χ2		5.472	9.301	9.179	10.667
P value		0.019	0.002	0.002	0.001

Table 4 Comparison of St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire scores between the two groups (mean ± SD, point)

Time	Group	n	Symptom score	Impact score	Mobility score	Total score
Pre-intervention	Observation group	50	67.23 ± 11.98	60.27 ± 12.34	34.98 ± 9.16	54.16 ± 9.47
	Control group	50	65.78 ± 10.08	59.74 ± 11.36	32.84 ± 8.97	52.79 ± 8.74
	t value		0.655	0.223	1.180	0.752
	P value		0.514	0.824	0.241	0.454
Post-intervention	Observation group	50	46.54 ± 8.04	43.74 ± 9.68	24.67 ± 5.07	38.32 ± 7.52
	Control group	50	56.51 ± 9.54	54.40 ± 7.76	29.27 ± 6.82	46.73 ± 8.18
	t value		-5.651	-6.076	-3.828	-5.352
	P value		<0.001	<0.001	0.001	<0.001

Table 5 Comparison of treatment compliance between the two groups [n (%)]

Group	n	Take the medicine as directed	Timely review
Observation group	50	38 (76.00)	36 (72.00)
Control group	50	28 (56.00)	22 (44.00)
χ2		4.456	8.045
P value		0.034	0.004

Table 6 Comparison of nursing satisfaction between the two groups (mean ± SD, point)

Group	n	Comprehensive nursing knowledge	Nursing quality	Nursing responsibility
Observation group	50	91.20 ± 7.13	89.43 ± 5.10	87.48 ± 6.32
Control group	50	83.31 ± 8.19	81.16 ± 6.38	81.23 ± 5.71
t value		5.138	7.159	5.189
P value		< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001