dc.contributor.author | Blundell, Alissa | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
dc.description | Approved May 2017by the faculty of UMKC in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Nursing Practice | |
dc.description.abstract | Asthma affects more than 300 million people across the globe. The financial burden
impacts individuals and their families as well as communities and health care systems. Although
asthma education is a fundamental component for asthma care and management, self
management education is insufficiently offered within primary care. The purpose of this quality
improvement project was to provide multi-faceted, evidence-based, educational interventions to
asthma patients to decrease acute healthcare resource utilization and strengthen asthma-related
control and subsequent quality of life. Education on self-management practices, return
demonstration technique, and provision of an asthma action plan conveyed through motivational
interviewing were components of the education. This pilot quasi-experimental project, pre- and
post-test design, included eight, mild to severe persistent asthmatics across the lifespan at a
family medicine clinic. Outcomes measured were emergency department and urgent care visits
as well as asthma-related symptoms using the Asthma Control Test. Results were not statistically
significant with a sample size of eight participants; though there was a significant decrease in
emergency department or urgent care visits after the evidence-based education. The secondary
outcome of asthma control and subsequent quality of life revealed marked improvement in
overall post-intervention Asthma Control Test scores. With a solid foundation of self-care
education as well as long-term management, the burden of asthma can begin to alleviate within
the United States society. | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10355/63214 | |
dc.publisher | University of Missouri--Kansas City | eng |
dc.rights | Open Access (fully available) | |
dc.rights.holder | Copyright retained by author | |
dc.subject | Asthma | |
dc.subject | education | |
dc.subject | evidence-based practice | |
dc.subject | primary care | |
dc.subject | quality of life | |
dc.title | Evidence-Based Practice Asthma Education in Primary Care | eng |
dc.type | Paper | |
thesis.degree.discipline | Nursing (UMKC) | |
thesis.degree.grantor | University of Missouri--Kansas City | |
thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | |
thesis.degree.name | D.N.P. | |