Association between second hand smoke (SHS) exposure and caregiver stress in children with poorly controlled asthma.

CONCLUSIONS: There was no impact of SHS exposure on increased symptom frequency. High caregiver daily life stress and symptoms in fall season may place children with asthma at risk for increased day/nighttime symptoms. Close monitoring of symptoms and medication use during the fall season and intervening on caregiver life stress may decrease asthma morbidity in children with poorly controlled asthma. PMID: 30307351 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Asthma - Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: J Asthma Source Type: research