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Being a child with asthma.

I Rydström1, A C Englund, P O Sandman

  • 1Borås University College of Health Sciences, Borås, Sweden.

Pediatric Nursing
|May 25, 2002
PubMed
Summary

Children with asthma want to live normally but often feel like outsiders, experiencing guilt and anxiety. Understanding their lived experiences is crucial for providing better support and care.

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Area of Science:

  • Pediatric pulmonology
  • Child psychology
  • Sociology of health

Background:

  • Asthma significantly impacts children's daily lives and emotional well-being.
  • Understanding the subjective experiences of pediatric asthma patients is essential for holistic care.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the lived experiences of children diagnosed with asthma.
  • To gain insight into how children perceive and navigate their condition in everyday life.

Main Methods:

  • Phenomenological hermeneutic analysis of unstructured interviews.
  • Data collected from 14 children with asthma in Sweden.

Main Results:

  • Children aspire to normalcy, oscillating between feeling like participants and outsiders.
  • As participants, they feel confident in their knowledge, support systems, and medical treatments.
  • As outsiders, they report feelings of deprivation, guilt, loneliness, anxiety, and fear.

Conclusions:

  • The experience of childhood asthma involves a duality of inclusion and exclusion.
  • An ecosophic and existential perspective can illuminate the complex psychosocial impact of asthma on children.

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