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Article: Disease management more likely to succeed when patients and caregivers take part.(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Immunotherapy Weekly
- Article date:
- April 10, 2002
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2002 APR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Asthma education in small interactive groups of patients and their parents/caregivers improves self-management and positive decision-making, according to another study presented at the meeting.
Lawrence Caliguiri, MD, FAAAAI, Center for Asthma and Allergy Care, and his Pittsburgh-area colleagues developed "Asthma Care Education: Intensive Training" (ACE IT!), a 3-week interactive, small group education program for pediatric asthma patients and their parents/caregivers.
Researchers evaluated 30 patients, ages six to 12 years, and their parents/caregivers who received instruction in the ACE IT! program. The ACE ...