Knowledge and perception about asthma among students in a Nigerian single‐sex secondary school
Autor: | Emmanuella Tochukwu Ogbonna, Chisom Sandra Ibenekwu, Kosisochi Chinwendu Amorha, Ezinne Queendalyn Asogwa, Adanne Onyedikachi Amorha |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Single sex medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject education Nigeria Surveys and Questionnaires Statistical significance Perception Science class Humans Immunology and Allergy Medicine Child Students Genetics (clinical) Asthma media_common Schools business.industry medicine.disease Test (assessment) Cross-Sectional Studies Family medicine Female business Asthma knowledge |
Zdroj: | The Clinical Respiratory Journal. 15:1121-1129 |
ISSN: | 1752-699X 1752-6981 |
DOI: | 10.1111/crj.13418 |
Popis: | 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 |
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