Knowledge and perception about asthma among students in a Nigerian single-sex secondary school.

Autor: Amorha KC; Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Management, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria.; Asthma Awareness and Care Group, Nigeria., Asogwa EQ; Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Management, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria.; Asthma Awareness and Care Group, Nigeria., Ibenekwu CS; Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Management, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria.; Asthma Awareness and Care Group, Nigeria., Ogbonna ET; Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Management, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria.; Asthma Awareness and Care Group, Nigeria., Amorha AO; Asthma Awareness and Care Group, Nigeria.; Pharmacy Department, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Afikpo North, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The clinical respiratory journal [Clin Respir J] 2021 Oct; Vol. 15 (10), pp. 1121-1129. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Aug 04.
DOI: 10.1111/crj.13418
Abstrakt: Introduction: Asthma is prevalent among children and adolescents. Few studies have assessed the knowledge and perceptions of asthma among adolescents.
Objectives: This study assessed the knowledge and perception about asthma among secondary school students in an all-girls school in Nigeria.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in a Nigerian secondary school in Enugu State (February 2020). In Senior Secondary School (SS1, SS2 and SS3), students could be in one of three specialized classes: Sciences, Humanities and Business. A self-administered structured questionnaire was filled by conveniently sampled students in SS1 and SS2. Inferential statistics utilized the Pearson's chi-square test and multiple linear regression with statistical significance set as P < 0.05.
Results: Three hundred and eighty-eight (388) students participated in the study (mean age = 14.64 ± 0.93 years). Majority of the students were in Science class (n = 299; 77.1%). There was high awareness about asthma (n = 384; 99.0%). More than half of them had good asthma knowledge (n = 279; 71.9%); close to three-fifths had favourable perception of asthma (n = 222; 57.2%). More students in SS2 had good knowledge of asthma compared to those in SS1 (76.7% vs. 67.2%; ꭓ 2  = 4.338; P = 0.037). More students in Science class had favourable perceptions about asthma compared with those in Humanities and Business class (60.5% vs. 48.1% vs. 25.0%; ꭓ 2  = 7.458; P = 0.024).
Conclusion: Majority of the students were aware about asthma and had good knowledge of the disease while close to three-fifths had favourable perceptions about asthma.
(© 2021 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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