Awareness regarding childhood asthma in Saudi Arabia.

Autor: Al-Harbi S; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Consultant Pediatric Pulmonologist, Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca, KSA., Al-Harbi AS; Department of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Ministry of Defence, Riyadh, KSA., Al-Khorayyef A; Department of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Ministry of Defence, Riyadh, KSA., Al-Qwaiee M; Department of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Ministry of Defence, Riyadh, KSA., Al-Shamarani A; Department of Pediatric, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, KSA., Al-Aslani W; Department of Pediatric, Children & Maternity Hospital, Riyadh, KSA., Kamfar H; Department of Pediatric, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, KSA., Felemban O; Department of Pediatric, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, KSA., Barzanji M; Department of Pediatric, Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital, Jeddah, KSA., Al-Harbi N; Department of Pediatrics, King Saud University Hospital, Riyadh, KSA., Dhabab R; Department of Pediatric, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, KSA., Al-Omari MA; Department of Pediatric, King Fahad University Hospital, Dammam, KSA., Yousef A; Department of Pediatric, King Fahad University Hospital, Dammam, KSA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Annals of thoracic medicine [Ann Thorac Med] 2016 Jan-Mar; Vol. 11 (1), pp. 60-5.
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.173194
Abstrakt: Objective: Assessing the knowledge and awareness of the Saudi society about bronchial asthma in children.
Methods: Structured questionnaires were randomly distributed to 1039 Saudi Arabians in May 2014 at Jeddah, Riyadh, and Dammam.
Results: The awareness of bronchial asthma questions showed that 67% of total sample thought that it could be a fatal disease, and only 13.2% thought that there is a difference between bronchial asthma and chest allergies in children. 86.1% thought that the symptoms of bronchial asthma include dyspnea and nocturnal cough, and 45.7% thought that fever, a runny nose and throat inflammation are not symptoms. 60.2% thought that infectious respiratory diseases may increase bronchial asthma progression. In addition, 40% thought that the use of antibiotics doesn't help in diminishing bronchial asthma complications, and some thought that the patient can stop medication after an acute asthma attack. 34.1% thought that inhaled medication for asthma doesn't cause addiction. Very highly significant results are shown between bronchial asthma knowledge and age, the level of education, marital status, and if the individual knows a person who suffers from bronchial asthma (P < 0.001). There are positive correlations between bronchial asthma knowledge and age, marital status, and level of education (r = 0.152, 0.150, 0.197), respectively.
Conclusion: The study demonstrated that bronchial asthma knowledge in the Saudi Arabian population is insufficient, and efforts should be carried out to spread bronchial asthma management.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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