Research Article
Parental Perceptions and Practices toward Childhood Asthma
Table 4
Perceptions toward asthma by parents of asthmatic children.
| | Parental beliefs | Total number of participants | Percentage (%) |
| | Chest allergy (recurrent wheezing or coughing) | 389 | (64.8) | | Dyspnea | 284 | (47.3) | | Asthma | 248 | (41.3) | | Etiology | | | | Hereditary | 321 | (53.5) | | Acquired | 82 | (13.7) | | Others | 197 | (32.8) | | Triggers | | | | Dust | 462 | (77.0) | | Indoor smoking | 219 | (36.5) | | Virus | 177 | (29.5) | | Food | 86 | (14.3) | | Worries about medications | | | | Inhaled steroid side effects | 361 | (60.3) | | Inhaler side effects | 320 | (53.3) | | Dependency | 192 | (32.0) |
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