- Aspetti educazionali delle Malattie Respiratorie Croniche Pediatriche

La revisione sistematica di Carvalho Coelho AC, et al. Su studi clinici controllati, randomizzati e non, ha indagato l’efficacia degli interventi educativi sull’asma effettuati nelle scuole. La ricerca è stata condotta utilizzando 3 banche dati elettroniche tra le più rilevanti in ambito biomedico: Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), PubMed/Medical e Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE), e BIREME Virtual Health Library (LILACS, MEDLINE, and SciELO). Sono stati individuati 1545 articoli, di cui 17 sono stati selezionati in base ai criteri di ammissibilità. I risultati della review evidenziano che interventi educazionali sull’asma nelle scuole possono aumentare la consapevolezza della malattia e ridurre gli indicatori di morbilità tra gli studenti asmatici. Le attività didattiche, indirizzate alla comunità scolastica in generale, potrebbero rivelarsi un utile strumento per il controllo di una malattia cronica come l’asma.

This study is a systematic review of controlled clinical trials, both randomized and nonrandomized, which investigated the efficacy of educational asthma interventions that were carried out in a school environment. The search for the studies was conducted using 3 electronic databases of the leading publications in the biomedical literature, namely, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), PubMed/Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE), and the BIREME Virtual Health Library (LILACS, MEDLINE, and SciELO). A total of 1545 articles were identified; 17 articles were selected according to the eligibility criteria. Educational interventions in schools raise the awareness of asthma and weaken the impact of morbidity indicators. These educational activities, targeted to whole school community and not restricted to only asthmatics, could be a strategy for the control of chronic diseases, such as asthma. These educational activities, addressed to the school community in general, could be a useful tool for the control of a chronic disease such as asthma.