Purpose
This study of secondary analysis aims to compare family management style according to severity in children with atopic dermatitis.
Methods
A convenience sample of 109 Korean mothers caring for a child with atopic dermatitis, were recruited from the pediatric departments of two general hospitals in Seoul. Data were collected from November 1, 2015 to February 28, 2016. A structured self-report questionnaire was used. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and one-way ANOVA with IBM SPSS Version 22.0.
Results
For family management style, condition management effort, family life difficulty, and view of condition impact were significantly different according to the severity of the atopic dermatitis in these children.
Conclusion
The findings indicate that family management strategies to enhance care of children with atopic dermatitis as well as members of the family should include these significant variables in a family-centered approach.

Citations

• Research Trends of Randomized Controlled Trials on Herbal Medicine Treatment for Atopic Dermatitis-Focusing on CNKI
  Geum-Jin Yang, Eun-hee Jo, Su-Jin Kang, Jieun Hong, Yu-Hwa Shim, Ju-Hyun Lee, Min-cheol Park
  Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medici.2020; 34(2): 102.     CrossRef
• Effects of the Mother-Medical Staff Partnership on Mothers’ Condition Management Ability for Children with Chronic Allergic Diseases
  Hae Kyoung Son, Hyo Bin Song, Dong Hee Kim
  Child Health Nursing Research.2018; 24(1): 101.     CrossRef

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to investigate disease prevalence, parent’s educational needs, and disease management according to severity of respiratory infections in early childhood.
Methods
Participants for this study were 173 mothers whose child was admitted to I university hospital in Seoul and whose child was an infant or toddler. Data were collected from December, 17, 2014 to February, 15, 2015 using self-report structured questionnaires. Data were analyzed using IBM/SPSS 21.0 program.
Results
There were significant differences in the severity of respiratory infection according to neonatal admission due to dyspnea, feeding type, atopic dermatitis in the infant or allergic disease in father and siblings. Parent’s educational needs for the severe respiratory infection group were higher than for the non-severe group. Parent’s disease management for the severe respiratory infection group was lower than the non-severe group.
Conclusion
As important care factors in neonatal admissions include dyspnea, cow milk feeding, eczema, family history of allergies, parent’s educational needs and disease management, they should be considered when caring for young children with respiratory infections and their parents.

Citations

• Factors influencing the caregiving performance of mothers of hospitalized toddlers with acute respiratory diseases: A path analysis
  Han Hye-Yul, Kim Shin-Jeong, Ellis Kevin Wayne, Kang Kyung-Ah
  Journal of Child Health Care.2018; 22(4): 591.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to develop a tool to assess the severity of illness in high risk newborns.
METHOD
The research design was a methodological study. The tool was developed in 4 stages: first, preliminary items were developed based on a questionnaire about the severity of illness index that was given to 8 health professionals in Neonatal Intensity Care Units (NICU) second, a panel of specialists reduced the preliminary items using 3 validity tests; third, final items were selected from the results of a pre-test. Finally, from July 2005 to May 2006, reliability and validity were tested with a sample of 160 high risk newborns admitted to the NICU.
RESULTS
The final tool to identify the severity of illness index in high risk newborns consisted 39 items and Cronbach's alpha coefficient for internal consistency was .922. Using factor analysis, 4 factors were extracted and these factors explained 54.451% of the total variance.
CONCLUSION
The instrument for assessing the severity of illness in high risk newborns developed in this study was identified as a tool with a high degree of reliability and validity. In this sense, this tool can be effectively utilized for assessing and implementing care for high risk newborns.