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Patients' Knowledge& Practice Regarding Bronchial Asthma Self -Care Management

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Background: Asthma is a frequent and potentially serious chronic disease that places a considerable burden on patients, their families and society. Aim: To assess Patients' knowledge and practice regarding bronchial asthma self -care management. Design: A descriptive explorative design was utilized for the conduction of this study. Setting: the study was conducted at (chest department & outpatient clinics) for bronchial asthma affiliated El- Fayoum University hospital, Egypt. Sample of study: A convenient sample of 100 patients with bronchial asthma Tools: Data were obtained through three main tools; Patients' interview questionnaire, patients' knowledge regarding asthma self-care management questionnaire and patients' observational practice checklist. Results: Mean age of patients under study was 31.5±7.41, while 63% of the studied patients were males and 70% of them were read and write .Also 69 % of the studied patient's had unsatisfactory level of knowledge regarding bronchial asthma and self-care management and 72% of the studied patients had unsatisfactory level of practice regarding bronchial asthma self-care management. Conclusion: Majority of the patients were having an unsatisfactory knowledge and practice regarding bronchial asthma and self-care management, but there was a positive correlation between patients' knowledge and practice which supported the research question. Recommendations: Develop and implement an educational program based on patients' learning needs regarding bronchial asthma.

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10.21608/ejhc.2024.344812

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Patients' Knowledge, Practice, bronchial asthma, Self -Care Management

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Mayada

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Omar Elsadee

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Assist lecturer of Critical care Nursing Department Faculty of Nursing -Damietta University

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Eman

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Talaat Elshamaa

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Prof of Medical Surgical Nursing Department Faculty of Nursing - Ain Shams University

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Fatma

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Mostafa Mahrous

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Assist prof of Medical Surgical Nursing Department Faculty of Nursing – Ain Shams University

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dr.fatma_mostafa@yahoo.com

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Shimaa

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Nabil Abdelsalam

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Assist prof of Medical Surgical Nursing Department Faculty of Nursing – Ain Shams University

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15

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1

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44826

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2024-03-01

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2024-03-07

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2024-03-01

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1,247

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1687-9546

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3009-6766

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Egyptian Journal of Health Care

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Patients' Knowledge& Practice Regarding Bronchial Asthma Self -Care Management

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24 Dec 2024