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CONCEPCION GARCIA, Liudmila et al. Knowledge in parents about the asthma suffered by their children. MEDISAN [online]. 2017, vol.21, n.5, pp. 548-555. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive and cross-sectional study of 50 parents of asthmatic children was carried out. They were referred for the first time to the Allergology Service of "Dr. Antonio María Béguez Cesar" Southern Teaching Children Hospital in Santiago de Cuba, from October, 2012 to September, 2013, aimed at determining their knowledge on bronchial asthma, for which an exploratory survey was carried out. After processing the information, a prevalence of the young parents was obtained with inadequate knowledge on the disease, mainly concerning the measures to avoid bronchial asthma crises, its triggering agents and clinical features, besides the home environmental factors that condition them and the objective of the treatment

Palavras-chave : bronchial asthma; children; education for parents; Allergology Service; pediatric hospitals.

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