Al Aloola Noha Abdullah, Nissen Lisa, Alewairdhi Huda Abdullaziz, Al Faryan Nawaf, Saini Bandana
a Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sydney , Camperdown Campus, Sydney , NSW , Australia.
b Department of Clinical Pharmacy , Faculty of Pharmacy, King Saud University , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia.
J Asthma. 2017 Nov;54(9):946-956. doi: 10.1080/02770903.2017.1281296. Epub 2017 Jan 17.
This study sought to investigate parents' needs and preferences for school-based asthma support in Saudi Arabian primary schools.
Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted in the period between November 2015 and February 2016, with a convenience sample that comprised Saudi parents and carers of children with asthma. Recruitment of participants was primarily driven through Saudi primary schools; passive snowballing and social networks were used to boost participation rates further. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, translated and data were thematically organised using a latent content analysis approach.
Twenty interviews were conducted. Six themes emerged from the interviews and were grouped into three major categories: (1) general asthma management issues; (2) school-based asthma management issues; and (3) communication dissatisfaction. Participants expressed concern at schools' social and physical environments and a lack of confidence in the ability of schools to manage their child's asthma, especially when their child was ill. Most of the participants advocated for staff training and school community engagement to improve the management of asthma in Saudi primary schools.
This research clearly describes a need for school-based asthma support, including asthma-related policies, procedures and education on asthma and first aid in Saudi primary schools.
本研究旨在调查沙特阿拉伯小学家长对校内哮喘支持的需求和偏好。
2015年11月至2016年2月期间进行了半结构化定性访谈，样本为沙特哮喘患儿的家长和照料者，采用便利抽样法。参与者主要通过沙特小学招募；通过被动滚雪球法和社交网络进一步提高参与率。访谈进行了录音，逐字转录、翻译，并采用潜在内容分析法对数据进行主题整理。
共进行了20次访谈。访谈中出现了六个主题，分为三大类：（1）一般哮喘管理问题；（2）校内哮喘管理问题；（3）沟通不满。参与者对学校的社会和物理环境表示担忧，对学校管理孩子哮喘的能力缺乏信心，尤其是当孩子生病时。大多数参与者主张进行员工培训和学校社区参与，以改善沙特小学的哮喘管理。
本研究明确表明沙特小学需要校内哮喘支持，包括哮喘相关政策、程序以及哮喘和急救教育。
