作者: Noreen M. Clark , Julia A. Dodge , Smita Shah , Lara J. Thomas , Rebecca R. Andridge
DOI: 10.3109/02770900903483824
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摘要: Background. Asthma severity, control, type of medical regimen provided, and compliance with it are not well understood in minority patients at the transition stage from childhood to adolescence. Objective. Describe level asthma severity control clinical regimens provided a large population low-income, African American children this developmentally significant period. Methods. Parents 1292 among 6827 preteens 19 middle schools predominantly (94%), low-income neighborhoods Detroit, Michigan, were enrolled study. Data collected through self-administered survey telephone interviews useable for 936 participants. Study queries related demographics, symptoms, medication use. Mixed effects models random intercept school used determine association these. Results. Sixty-seven percent probable had received a...