The Centre for Rural and Remote Area Health, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
J Rural Health. 2010 Winter;26(1):100-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2009.00256.x.
Asthma affects over 15% of Australian Aboriginal people. Compliance in asthma management is poor. Interventions that will increase compliance are required.
The purpose of the study was to determine whether Aboriginal children, adolescents and adults would engage in music lessons to increase their knowledge of asthma and support management of their asthma.
Participants were recruited from schools and through the local Aboriginal Medical Service. All participants identified as Aborigines and were diagnosed as being asthmatic. The intervention was a 6-month program of once weekly music lessons using a culturally significant wind instrument, the didgeridoo, for males and singing lessons for females.
High school students enthusiastically engaged and had excellent retention in what they considered to be a most enjoyable program. Respiratory function improved significantly in both junior and senior boys who also reported a noticeable improvement in their health. Similar but less significant improvement was seen in the high school girls, although like the boys, they too perceived an improvement in their asthma.
The project demonstrated that music has great potential for engaging and thus supporting asthma. Furthermore, cultural awareness was increased by those playing the didgeridoo and social skills were noticeably improved in the girls. Similar culturally appropriate activities have applications far beyond Aboriginal communities in Australia.
哮喘影响了超过 15%的澳大利亚原住民。哮喘管理的依从性很差。需要采取干预措施来提高依从性。
本研究旨在确定原住民儿童、青少年和成年人是否会参与音乐课程，以增加他们对哮喘的认识并支持他们管理哮喘。
参与者是从学校和当地原住民医疗服务机构招募的。所有参与者都被确认为原住民，并被诊断为哮喘患者。干预措施是一个为期 6 个月的每周一次的音乐课程计划，使用具有文化意义的管乐器迪吉里杜管为男性授课，为女性教授唱歌课程。
高中生非常热衷于参与，并对他们认为非常有趣的课程保持着出色的记忆力。初中和高中男生的呼吸功能显著改善，他们还报告说健康状况有明显改善。高中女生也出现了类似但不太显著的改善，但和男生一样，她们也认为自己的哮喘有所改善。
该项目表明，音乐在吸引并因此支持哮喘方面具有巨大潜力。此外，演奏迪吉里杜管的人增强了文化意识，女孩的社交技能明显提高。类似的、具有文化适宜性的活动在澳大利亚的原住民社区之外也有广泛的应用。
