Lived Experiences of Adolescents with Asthma: Struggle to Maintain Daily Life
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- 10.2991/978-94-6463-202-6_21How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- asthma; adolescence; Indonesia; feelings uncertainty; drug; social interaction; traditional medicine
- Abstract
Asthma in adolescence has various special aspects which are generally related to the process of growth and development and are also influenced by their perception of the disease. Objective: To explore lived experiences of adolescents with asthma in Medan, Indonesia. Methods: This was a phenomenological study where a purposive sampling of 12 adolescents living with asthma participated with in-depth interviews. The thematic analysis method was used to analyze the data. Results: Four themes emerged from the study data: 1) fundamental changes in daily life; 2) feelings of uncertainty; 3) tired of taking drugs; and 4) trying various traditional medicine. Conclusion: Adolescents with asthma experience struggle with feelings in life with limited normal activity, interrupted school activities, decreased social interaction with peers, confusion, feeling of discrimination, overwhelmed when bringing medicine to school, repeatedly taking medicine, feeling that they have never recovered.
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TY - CONF AU - Dewi Elizadiani Suza AU - Setiawan Setiawan AU - Asiah AU - Nur Asnah Sitohan PY - 2023 DA - 2023/06/26 TI - Lived Experiences of Adolescents with Asthma: Struggle to Maintain Daily Life BT - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of Health Innovation and Technology (ICHIT 2022) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 180 EP - 195 SN - 2468-5739 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-202-6_21 DO - 10.2991/978-94-6463-202-6_21 ID - Suza2023 ER -