Table 3. Asthma Attitudes and Beliefs, Psychosocial Measures, and Medication Knowledge Among Students (N = 178), Preintervention to Postintervention, Teaming Up for Asthma Control Program, Missouri, 2011–2014.

Variablea		None of the Time	Little of the Time	Some of the Time	Most of the Time	Strongly Agree	P c
		%b
Health Attitudes and Beliefs
Because of my asthma . . .
I am frustrated about having asthma.	Pre	37.6	24.2	20.2	18.0	—	<.001
	Post	53.9	18.5	12.9	14.6
	Difference	16.3	−5.7	−7.3	−3.4
I feel left out by other people.	Pre	60.1	16.3	12.9	10.7	—	.01
	Post	70.8	11.8	10.7	6.7
	Difference	10.7	−4.5	−2.2	−4.0
I am sad.	Pre	69.7	18.0	6.7	5.6	—	.14
	Post	77.5	10.1	6.7	5.6
	Difference	7.8	−7.9	0	0
I am embarrassed about having to use my inhaler.	Pre	75.8	9.6	7.3	7.3	—	.02
	Post	82.6	7.3	5.6	4.5
	Difference	6.8	−2.3	−1.7	−2.8
I am frustrated about having to use asthma treatments.	Pre	61.2	16.3	11.8	10.7	—	.004
	Post	73.0	10.7	7.3	9.0
	Difference	11.8	−5.6	−4.5	−1.7
Psychosocial Measures
How much do you agree or disagree with . . .
My asthma causes stress in my family.	Pre	36.5	27.0	15.7	15.7	5.1	.22
	Post	38.2	34.3	15.2	8.4	3.9
	Difference	1.7	7.3	−0.5	−7.3	−1.2
I am frustrated that other people don’t understand what it is like to have asthma.	Pre	17.4	24.2	12.4	32.6	13.5	.01
	Post	27.0	20.2	16.3	23.0	13.5
	Difference	9.6	−4.0	3.9	−9.6	0
Sometimes I get angry and ask “why is this happening to me?”	Pre	33.2	27.0	6.7	20.2	12.9	.001
	Post	42.1	36.5	4.5	10.1	6.7
	Difference	8.9	9.5	−2.2	−10.1	−6.2
Medication Knowledge
I know which medicines to take for my asthma.	Pre	2.3	7.9	5.6	41.6	42.7	.02
	Post	2.3	2.8	6.2	37.6	51.1
	Difference	0	−5.1	0.6	−4.0	8.4
I know why, how, and when to take my asthma medications.	Pre	2.8	5.7	6.2	39.6	45.8	.30
	Post	3.4	5.6	5.1	40.5	45.5
	Difference	0.6	−0.1	−1.1	0.9	−0.3

Abbreviation: —, not applicable.

^a During the past 2 weeks.

^b Percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding.

^c Determined by using Wilcoxon signed-rank test.