DOI

10.21007/con.dnp.2025.0124

Faculty Advisor

Bobby Bellflower, DNSc, NNP-BC, FAANP; Michelle Rickard,

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

Spring 5-2-2025

Disciplines

Health and Medical Administration | Investigative Techniques | Medicine and Health Sciences | Nursing | Nursing Administration | Pediatric Nursing | Pediatrics | Quality Improvement | Respiratory Tract Diseases

Abstract

Purpose/Background

Pediatric asthma is rising globally, currently affecting over 300 million individuals and projected to reach 400 million by 2025. This scoping review aims to summarize existing evidence on the impact of providing smoking education to caregivers during hospitalization on reducing pediatric asthma exacerbations, with the goal of encouraging further research.

Methods

The search spanned from August 2022 to November 2024, following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Inclusion criteria focused on studies involving human participants and caregivers of children receiving smoking cessation education in relation to asthma exacerbation and hospital admission. Databases searched included PubMed, NIH, UpToDate, Access Medicine, CIHNL, Google Scholar, and DynaMed, using MeSH headings such as “smoking cessation education in pediatric caregivers” and “smoking cessation and asthma exacerbation.” 10 out of 24 met criteria by addressing smoking cessation education for caregivers of pediatric asthma patients.

Results

This scoping review compared education given to not given in terms of smoking cessation and hospital readmission rates. The results are based on 10 critically appraised articles. All articles discussed smoking cessation and its benefits to the pediatric patient population. This scoping review determined that direct caregivers of pediatric patients or more specifically asthmatic patients who received smoking cessation education during inpatient admission were more likely to stop smoking within 6 months of discharge compared to those who did not receive education.

Implications for Nursing Practice

The evidence demonstrates that providing caregivers adequate education on smoking cessation during a child’s hospitalization for asthma exacerbation improves the caregivers understanding of smoking effects, therefore increasing smoking cessation rates and reducing readmission rates. This can help positively impact pediatric asthma outcome.

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