Pediatr Allergy Respir Dis.  2001 Dec;11(4):310-318.

A Model of Game Program for Childhood Asthma

• Soh JH
• Lee JH
• Lim JY
• Yoon JK
• Choung JT

Abstract

PURPOSE
The increased prevalence of childhood asthma in Korea from 3.4% in 1964 to 15% in 1995 might be very important for morbidity and mortality in children. Recognition of this led to consider the necessity of new management strategies emphasizing patient education. We developed the educational program including asthma-specific play game called 'Malgunsum asthma game' to improve the child's interest and evaluated its educational effect. METHOD: Twenty asthmatic children between the age seven to fifteen were attended Malgunsum Asthma Camp. The Children were randomly assigned to 5 groups, and each player had to move the horse by answering the questions on the card. The first one who reaches the goal wins the game.
RESULTS
All the children well followed the play rule and were interested to the game.
CONCLUSION
This educational game model will achieve better control of asthma by leading the patients to understand the nature of asthma, how to identify and control the aggravating factors, how to recognize symptoms and appropriate steps for asthma, and the importance of daily maintenance therapy with anti-inflammatory medications.

Keyword

Childhood asthma; Patient education Model; Games

MeSH Terms

Asthma*
Child
Horses
Humans
Korea
Mortality
Patient Education as Topic
Prevalence