Roncada Cristian, Cardoso Thiago de Araujo, Bugança Bianca Martininghi, Bischoff Luísa Carolina, Soldera Karina, Pitrez Paulo Márcio
Faculdade de Educação Física, Centro Universitário da Serra Gaúcha, Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil.
Núcleo de Educação em Saúde da Criança, Centro Infant, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Einstein (Sao Paulo). 2018 Jun 7;16(2):eAO4204. doi: 10.1590/S1679-45082018AO4204.
To evaluate the levels of knowledge about asthma of parents of school children.
A cross-sectional study was carried out with parents of children with medical diagnosis of asthma (mild, moderate and severe), followed up at an outpatient referral center for childhood asthma in the Southern region of Brazil (Asthma Group). Parents of children with asthma in remission and healthy children were also selected (Control Group). The Newcastle Asthma Knowledge Questionnaire (NAKQ) questionnaire was applied in both groups.
A total of 154 parents of children participated in the study; in that, 62 (40.26%) in the Asthma Group, and 92 (59.74%) in the Control Group, with a mean age of 35.60±10.03 years. Of these, 132 (85.7%) were female, and 72 (46.8%) parents studied up to high school. The average score of level of knowledge was 18.06±4.11 points. Only 30.5% parents had acceptable levels of knowledge about asthma, which were more prevalent in the Asthma Group than in the Control Group (41.9% versus 22.8%, p=0.01). The mean score in Newcastle Asthma Knowledge Questionnaire (NAKQ) was higher in the Asthma Group (19.32±3.92 versus 17.21±4.03, p=0.001), respectively. The parents with mild and moderate asthmatic children scored more than those of severe asthma (19.5 and 19.9 versus 18.2 points, p=0.02).
Most parents had an unsatisfactory level of knowledge about asthma, which reinforces the need for changes in public asthma management programs.
评估学龄儿童家长对哮喘的认知水平。
对在巴西南部一家儿童哮喘门诊转诊中心接受随访的医学诊断为哮喘（轻度、中度和重度）儿童的家长进行了一项横断面研究（哮喘组）。还选取了哮喘缓解期儿童的家长和健康儿童的家长（对照组）。两组均应用了纽卡斯尔哮喘知识问卷（NAKQ）。
共有154名儿童的家长参与了研究；其中，哮喘组62名（40.26%），对照组92名（59.74%），平均年龄为35.60±10.03岁。其中，132名（85.7%）为女性，72名（46.8%）家长学历最高为高中。知识水平的平均得分为18.06±4.11分。只有30.5%的家长对哮喘有可接受的认知水平，在哮喘组中比对照组更普遍（41.9%对22.8%，p=0.01）。纽卡斯尔哮喘知识问卷（NAKQ）的平均得分在哮喘组中更高（分别为19.32±3.92对17.21±4.03，p=0.001）。患有轻度和中度哮喘儿童的家长得分高于重度哮喘儿童的家长（19.5分和19.9分对18.2分，p=0.02）。
大多数家长对哮喘的认知水平不令人满意，这强化了公共哮喘管理项目进行变革的必要性。
