Determining the relationship between the knowledge on self-management and levels of asthma control among adult asthmatic patients: a cross-sectional study.

Content Provider	Europe PMC
Author	Ghozali, Muhammad Thesa Urrohmah, Ulfah Aulia
Copyright Year	2023
Abstract	The primary aim of asthma management is to improve the patient's quality of life and keep the symptoms under control, therefore improving the patient's daily activities. Asthmatic patients who know and understand how to control their symptoms could be able to prevent further attacks. Many previous studies have shown the role of patient knowledge regarding asthma self-management in improving asthma control. It was why this study mainly aimed to determine the relationship between patient knowledge of self-management and asthma control levels among adult asthmatic patients in the rural community. The design used analytical observation with a cross-sectional approach to collect data. It involved 100 asthmatic outpatients from two private hospitals owned by the Muhammadiyah Society in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, from February to August 2022. Most participants had a low level of knowledge (66%;n=66), followed by a good level of knowledge (34%;n=34). Regarding the levels of asthma control, it could be confirmed that 61% (n=61) of study participants had uncontrolled asthma, followed by partially controlled (35%;n=35), and controlled (4%;n=4). In terms of the relationship between two variables (patient knowledge of self-management and asthma control levels), the results of Pearson Chi-Square showed a p-value of 0.001, highlighting a relationship between the patient's knowledge of self-management and levels of asthma control. This study concluded that there was a strong relationship between knowledge regarding asthma self-management and asthma control levels.
ISSN	1844122X
Journal	Journal of Medicine and Life
Volume Number	16
PubMed Central reference number	PMC10165522
Issue Number	3
PubMed reference number	37168308
e-ISSN	18443117
DOI	10.25122/jml-2022-0333
Language	English
Publisher	Carol Davila University Press
Publisher Date	2023-03-01
Publisher Place	Romania
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited. ©2023 JOURNAL of MEDICINE and LIFE
Subject Keyword	asthma asthma control education knowledge self-management
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Neuroscience Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Medicine Neurology (clinical)