Effects of parent‐based social media and moderate exercise on the adherence and pulmonary functions among asthmatic children

• Published in: The Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 62 - 70
• Main Authors: Lin, Han‐Hong, Hung, Yi‐Ping, Weng, Shih‐Han, Lee, Pei‐Yi, Sun, Wei‐Zen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: BP, Asia Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd 01.01.2020; John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: asthma; Asthma - therapy; Asthma in children; Child; Exercise; Exercise - physiology; Female; Humans; Lung - physiology; Male; Nitric oxide; Original; Parent and child; Parenting; Parents; patient‐child relationship; Rankings; Respiratory Function Tests; Social Media; social persuasion; Tai‐Chi‐Chuan; patient-child relationship; exercise; asthma; Tai-Chi-Chuan; social persuasion

Our previous study showed Tai‐Chi‐Chuan (TCC) training, a moderate exercise, at school improved pulmonary function and inflammation profiles in children with mild asthma. However, habitual practice is hard to maintain with the lack of continuous family and peer support. We investigated whether paren...