Research Article
Parental Perceptions and Practices toward Childhood Asthma
Table 5
Practices toward asthma by parents of asthmatic children.
| | Parental practices | Total number of participants | Percentage (%) |
| | Ability to treat at home | 367 | (61.2) | | Treatment used | | | | Vapor | 366 | (61.0) | | Medicine | 238 | (39.7) | | Massage | 142 | (23.7) | | Herb | 102 | (17) | | Certain foods | 25 | (4.2) | | Precautions used | | | | Avoiding strong odor | 489 | (81.5) | | Avoiding indoor smoking | 482 | (80.3) | | Regular use of medicines | 454 | (75.7) | | Avoiding cold weather | 446 | (74.3) | | Avoiding physical exercise | 346 | (57.7) | | Avoiding certain foods | 326 | (54.3) | | Visiting pediatric emergency | 455 | (75.8) | | Regular visit to physician | 323 | (53.9) |
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