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C Pharoah

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PubMed1988

Relationship between psychosocial factors and asthma morbidity.

A general practice study was designed to describe certain psychosocial attributes of asthma patients and to relate these to reported asthma morbidity in the previous two years. A postal questionnaire on their respiratory morbidity was completed in September 1983 and again in September 1985 by 207 asthma patients. They then completed a postal questionnaire concerning their attitudes to asthma and level of family support. The findings revealed a marked degree of psychosocial morbidity among patients. Family support showed no significant associations with past or current levels of morbidity, or with changes in morbidity over the previous two years. In contrast, negative attitudes to asthma were correlated with significantly higher levels of morbidity, the strongest associations being found between patients' present attitudes and their most recent level of morbidity. These findings in conjunction with work carried out elsewhere suggest that high levels of asthma morbidity bring about a negative attitude to the condition which in turn contributes towards continuing morbidity.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1988

Survey of young principal groups in the United Kingdom.

Of 164 young principal groups identified, 107 replied to a questionnaire asking for details of the groups and their activities. Eighty one per cent of the groups had been in existence for less than five years and 57% gave continuing medical education as one of the reasons for forming the group. The majority of groups were run informally and 55% had social meetings to which spouses were invited. The groups varied in size from six to 50 members and members' surgeries were the most popular meeting place. Clinical topics proved the most successful and group discussion was the preferred form of meeting. Groups formed for less than three years were less likely to have meetings with specialists than groups formed for three years or more and were more likely to have discussions about personal/partnership problems. Although 67% of the groups had sought outside help at some time 78% did not need any help at present.These self-help groups appear to be self-sufficient and to be meeting the continuing education and personal/social needs of young principals.

Education, Medical, Continuing↗