Radhakrishnan Dhenuka, Higginson Andrea, Thipse Madhura, Tessier Marc, Radhakrishnan Arun
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L1, Canada.
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada.
Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol. 2022 Aug 7;18(1):72. doi: 10.1186/s13223-022-00713-y.
We compared patient and caregiver knowledge and confidence for managing asthma, and participant experiences when comprehensive asthma education was delivered in person versus in the virtual setting.
We performed a multi-methods study using structured surveys and qualitative interviews to solicit feedback from patients and caregivers following participation in a comprehensive asthma education session between April 2018 and October 2021. We compared participant knowledge and confidence for managing asthma as well as user experience when the education was attended in-person or virtually. Quantitative responses were summarized descriptively, and qualitative feedback was analyzed for major themes.
Of 100 caregivers/patients who completed post education satisfaction surveys and interviews, 52 attended in person and 48 virtually, with the mean age of patients being 6.7 years (range: 1.2-17.0). Participant reported gains in knowledge and confidence for asthma management were not different between groups and 65.2% preferred attending virtual asthma education. The majority of participants described virtual education as a safer modality that was more convenient and accessible.
We demonstrated the successful implementation of a novel, virtual asthma education program for patients and caregivers of children with asthma. Both virtual and in-person delivered asthma education were equally effective for improving perceived knowledge and confidence for asthma self-management and virtual education was considered safer, more convenient and accessible. Virtual asthma education offers an attractive and effective option for improving the reach of quality asthma education programs and may allow more children/patients to benefit.
我们比较了患者和照护者在管理哮喘方面的知识和信心，以及在面对面与虚拟环境中提供全面哮喘教育时参与者的体验。
我们进行了一项多方法研究，使用结构化调查和定性访谈，以征求2018年4月至2021年10月期间参加全面哮喘教育课程的患者和照护者的反馈。我们比较了参与者在管理哮喘方面的知识和信心，以及当面参加或虚拟参加教育时的用户体验。定量回答进行描述性总结，定性反馈分析主要主题。
在完成教育后满意度调查和访谈的100名照护者/患者中，52人当面参加，48人虚拟参加，患者的平均年龄为6.7岁（范围：1.2 - 17.0岁）。两组参与者报告的哮喘管理知识和信心的提高没有差异，65.2%的人更喜欢参加虚拟哮喘教育。大多数参与者将虚拟教育描述为一种更安全的方式，更方便且更容易获得。
我们证明了为哮喘儿童的患者和照护者成功实施了一项新颖的虚拟哮喘教育计划。面对面和虚拟提供的哮喘教育在提高哮喘自我管理的感知知识和信心方面同样有效，并且虚拟教育被认为更安全、更方便且更容易获得。虚拟哮喘教育为扩大优质哮喘教育计划的覆盖范围提供了一个有吸引力且有效的选择，可能使更多儿童/患者受益。
