Anwar Huda, Hassan Nahed, Jaffer Najla, Al-Sadri Entsar
Oman Med J. 2008 Apr;23(2):90-5.
Bronchial asthma is a common and life threatening problem affecting school children and adolescents. The flare-up of asthma may lead to impaired daily function and absence from school. These complications of bronchial asthma could be influenced by poor knowledge, poor use of inhaler technique, non-compliance and negative attitude toward the illness and drugs. The study is designed to assess the asthma knowledge of school students suffering form asthma and identify the resources of the knowledge.
All diagnosed asthma students (131 cases) selected from school health register grade 7-12 was included in this study. The self administrated questionnaire was distributed among them. It was designed to collect information of the students about epidemiology of asthma, source of their information and effect of the disease on their school attendance. Special knowledge score was constructed to measure the level of the students' knowledge.
The study showed that from 131 diagnosed asthma cases 90% (118) aware about their diagnosis. Medical and paramedical personnel were found to be the source of knowledge for 49.4% (65) of the students, while teachers were mentioned by only 9.2% (12) of the students as their source of information. Regarding the effect of asthma on school absenteeism, 66% (87) of school students may miss their school due asthma attack.
Health education about bronchial asthma is a need for school students. This require inter-disciplinary approach from various organization particularly the schools. It is vital that school teachers' knowledge be improved and continuously updated that it can reflect in students' knowledge and attitudes too.
支气管哮喘是一个影响学童和青少年的常见且危及生命的问题。哮喘发作可能导致日常功能受损和缺课。支气管哮喘的这些并发症可能受到知识匮乏、吸入器技术使用不当、不依从以及对疾病和药物的消极态度的影响。本研究旨在评估患有哮喘的在校学生的哮喘知识，并确定知识来源。
本研究纳入了从7至12年级学校健康登记册中选取的所有确诊哮喘学生（131例）。向他们发放了自填式问卷。该问卷旨在收集学生关于哮喘流行病学、信息来源以及疾病对其上学出勤率影响的信息。构建了特殊知识得分来衡量学生的知识水平。
研究表明，在131例确诊哮喘病例中，90%（118例）知晓自己的诊断。发现医疗和准医疗人员是49.4%（65例）学生的知识来源，而只有9.2%（12例）的学生提到教师是他们的信息来源。关于哮喘对缺课的影响，66%（87例）的在校学生可能因哮喘发作而缺课。
对在校学生进行支气管哮喘健康教育很有必要。这需要各组织，特别是学校采取跨学科方法。提高并持续更新学校教师的知识至关重要，因为这也会反映在学生的知识和态度上。
