Rand C S
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Allergy. 2002;57 Suppl 74:48-57. doi: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.57.s74.7.x.
Preschool children's adherence to asthma therapy is often sub-optimal and can result in decreased quality of life for children and parents, as well as an increased risk for dangerous asthma exacerbations. Asthma management for the preschool child presents some unique challenges to adherence to therapy, including the child's limited ability to communicate, multiple caregivers responsible for medications, and parental concerns about medications. Parent beliefs, characteristics of the regimen, and family functioning have been associated with adherence levels. Understanding and improving adherence to asthma therapy for the preschool child will necessarily require addressing these age-specific concerns.
学龄前儿童对哮喘治疗的依从性往往不理想，这可能导致儿童及其父母的生活质量下降，以及哮喘严重发作的风险增加。对学龄前儿童进行哮喘管理在治疗依从性方面存在一些独特的挑战，包括儿童沟通能力有限、负责用药的照顾者众多以及父母对药物的担忧。父母的观念、治疗方案的特点以及家庭功能与依从性水平有关。要理解并提高学龄前儿童对哮喘治疗的依从性，必然需要解决这些特定年龄段的问题。
