A Study on Knowledge, Attitude & Practice about Adult Onset Asthma among Asthmatic Patients attaining Chest Outpatient Department at Sree Mookambika Institute of Medical Sciences

Twice as many women than men visit the emergency department and are admitted to the hospital with asthma. Persons with asthma who smoke cigarettes are in “double jeopardy”: they risk episodes of breathing difficulty due to asthma on top of everyday shortness of breath from the cigarette smoke-induced lung diseases, emphysema and chronic bronchitis.

To determine Knowledge, Attitude & Practice about adult onset asthma among asthmatic patients attaining Chest outpatient department at Sree Mookambika Institute of Medical Sciences.

Study Design was cross sectional study. Study Period was from June 2015 to December 2015. Study Place was TB OPD, Sree Mookambika Institute of Medical Sciences, Kulasekharam, District Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India. Sample size was 219. Inclusion Criteria was age above 20 years; both sex. Sampling technique was Systematic random sampling. Data was entered in Microsoft excel version 2013. Analysis was done in SPSS 20.0 trail version software. Statistical test used were descriptive statistic and Logistic regression. Institutional Ethical committee clearance was obtained.

29% participations were from 41–50 years age groups. 62% of patients were females. 74% of the patients knew that the nature of asthma is a chronic allergic airway inflammatory disease. 84% of patients consider that the long-term use of inhaled corticosteroid would have a mild effect on growth and development of patients. 64% of patients think that even if he is in a state of asthma control he/she can participate in only mild exercise. More than 63% patients had discontinued inhalers during the course of their treatment. Of the asthmatic patients, 42.7% adhered to use inhaled corticosteroid prescription; 48% adhered to use leukotriene receptor modulator; 55% of patients of patients with acute asthma attack used antibiotics.

74% of the patients knew that the nature of asthma is a chronic allergic airway inflammatory disease. 64% of patients think that even if he is in a state of asthma control he/she can participate in only mild exercise. Oral medications in the form of tablets, capsule, and syrups remained the preferred mode of drug administration in 57.88% patients.