Children With Persistent Asthma Rhetorical Analysis
In this article “the Descriptors of Breathlessness in Children With Persistent Asthma “, the authors Andrew Harver, Richard, harry kotses, Thoms Humphrise, Karen Schmaling, and Melanin demonstrate that dyspnea is composed of different sensations. It is a shared symptom with various diseases, such as, the respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. There are different measurements for breathiness, such as; intensity and salience, which include cognitive and emotional components.
In this article, different clinical studies have been done to understand the terms used to describe dyspnea by included in different surveys. The authors’ study illustrates that descriptor clusters are stable with patients who have the diseases compared to patients with different disorders. Moreover, the authors found that dyspnea is experienced in various ways along participants, and that linked to the underlying physiological conditions. Additionally, the authors claim that the language of dyspnea for can improve the communication between patients and providers, which helps identify the specific diagnoses. The authors studied …show more content…
The questionnaire composed of descriptors of breathlessness can be seen in table 1. The authors spend around seven weeks between the events. They provide four different forms of the survey that differ by the order only, and the participants were asked to select yes or no to their level of discomfort of breathlessness to asthma. The authors divide the asthma experience into different categories as level of asthma severity, levels of asthma management, and levels of asthma anxiety. Also, the authors measured the FVC and FEV in the standing position using the testing system. Lastly, the authors choose the best three descriptors chosen by children to be compared with those selected by adults in the previous
In this article, different clinical studies have been done to understand the terms used to describe dyspnea by included in different surveys. The authors’ study illustrates that descriptor clusters are stable with patients who have the diseases compared to patients with different disorders. Moreover, the authors found that dyspnea is experienced in various ways along participants, and that linked to the underlying physiological conditions. Additionally, the authors claim that the language of dyspnea for can improve the communication between patients and providers, which helps identify the specific diagnoses. The authors studied …show more content…
The questionnaire composed of descriptors of breathlessness can be seen in table 1. The authors spend around seven weeks between the events. They provide four different forms of the survey that differ by the order only, and the participants were asked to select yes or no to their level of discomfort of breathlessness to asthma. The authors divide the asthma experience into different categories as level of asthma severity, levels of asthma management, and levels of asthma anxiety. Also, the authors measured the FVC and FEV in the standing position using the testing system. Lastly, the authors choose the best three descriptors chosen by children to be compared with those selected by adults in the previous