A Study to Assess Knowledge Regarding Bronchial Asthma among Adults at Selected Village

Background The present study was aim to assess the knowledge regarding bronchial asthma among adults at kondancheri village at Thiruvallur district. Materials and Methods the quantitative research approach and Non experimental research design was adopted for present study. 60 adults were selected by convenient sampling technique. Structured questionnaire was used to collect the demographic variable and observation schedule to assess the level of knowledge among adults. Results the study outcome results identified that among 60 study participants The scores were categorized into three categories, namely poor 0–6 , moderate 7–12 , and good 13–19 knowledge score. Poor knowledge has been seen in 10.37 . The mean knowledge score of the participants was 10.24 ± 3.11 and ranged from 4 to 17. There was a negative linear correlation between duration of diagnosis and knowledge score r = 0.16, P 0.05 . A slight positive linear correlation was seen in age and knowledge score r = 0.2, P 0.05 , and a negative linear correlation was spotted in educational status and knowledge score r = 0.24, P 0.05 . Conclusion This study clearly infers that there was, the results of the study indicate a mixed effect of the preventive measures adopted to control bronchial asthma. Regular assessment of these behaviour by some validated tool will be useful to develop management advices. Karpagam. K | Ramya Bharathy. K | - "A Study to Assess Knowledge Regarding Bronchial Asthma among Adults at Selected Village" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-7 | Issue-5 , October 2023, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd59953.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/medicine/nursing/59953/a-study-to-assess-knowledge-regarding-bronchial-asthma-among-adults-at-selected-village/karpagam-k