The purposes of this quantitative study were (1) to understand the predisposing factors (knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy, locus of control), self-management behavior, school life adaptation, and pychosomatic symptoms of 58 school-age asthma children; (2)to predict self-management behaviors by knowledge, attitude and self-efficacy; and (3)to evaluate changes in knowledge, attitude and self-efficacy before and after summer asthma camp. The results indicate that the correct rate of asthma knowledge was 64.7%. Asthma attitude, self-efficacy and self-management behaviors were middle to high level. Most of the child was internal locus of control. School life maladaptation was not common. More than one third of children had psychosomatic symptoms. Asthma family history covaried significantly with management behavior in self-management behavior(F=4.244, p=0.044). Family location with self-management behavior and management behavior have significant difference (F= 6.629, p=0.003; F=13.230, p=0.001). The result of stepwise multiple regression was self-management behavior=39.246+0.190 asthma knowledge+0.371 asthma attitude+0.263 self-efficacy, (R square=.36, F=7.676, p=0.000). Summer asthma camp had an impact on knowledge and self-efficacy (p<0.001), but not on attitude.
The purposes of this quantitative study were (1) to understand the predisposing factors (knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy, locus of control), self-management behavior, school life adaptation, and pychosomatic symptoms of 58 school-age asthma children; (2)to predict self-management behaviors by knowledge, attitude and self-efficacy; and (3)to evaluate changes in knowledge, attitude and self-efficacy before and after summer asthma camp. The results indicate that the correct rate of asthma knowledge was 64.7%. Asthma attitude, self-efficacy and self-management behaviors were middle to high level. Most of the child was internal locus of control. School life maladaptation was not common. More than one third of children had psychosomatic symptoms. Asthma family history covaried significantly with management behavior in self-management behavior(F=4.244, p=0.044). Family location with self-management behavior and management behavior have significant difference (F= 6.629, p=0.003; F=13.230, p=0.001). The result of stepwise multiple regression was self-management behavior=39.246+0.190 asthma knowledge+0.371 asthma attitude+0.263 self-efficacy, (R square=.36, F=7.676, p=0.000). Summer asthma camp had an impact on knowledge and self-efficacy (p<0.001), but not on attitude.