Date of Graduation
2000
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MA
Committee Chair
Christina D. Adams
Abstract
The main purpose of this study was to examine the effect of providing allergen-control bedding encasings on encasing utilization for children with asthma and dust mite allergy. Twenty parents of such children were assigned to an intervention group, which received dust mite proof covers upon recruitment, or a control group, which did not. Two to three months after recruitment, parent report and observational measures were obtained during a home visit. The intervention group used the encasings, but not other dust mite control strategies, significantly more than the control group, based on parent report, not observation. Use of dust mite proof covers was not significantly related to asthma symptoms. Parenting stress, not maternal education or income, was significantly related to encasing utilization. Encasing utilization did not significantly generalize to using other dust mite controls. The most common reason for nonadherence to dust mite controls was cost. Implications of findings are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Joseph, Karen Elizabeth, "The effect of providing bedding encasings on adherence to dust mite control procedures in pediatric asthma patients." (2000). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 10523.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/10523