Faculty of Nursing, Jazan University, Jizan, Saudi Arabia.
Front Public Health. 2021 Nov 26;9:736203. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.736203. eCollection 2021.
The study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of an asthma educational program for asthma control, asthma self-management, asthma knowledge, and patient activation. The study analyzes different demographic variables with the purpose of investigating which asthma patients performed better than others. Based on these demographic characteristics, the study provides several recommendations for various stakeholders. The study is based on a positivist approach since its purpose is to investigate the consequences of an asthma educational program with a view to generalizing the results to a larger population. The study targets public and private hospitals which have applied the asthma educational program in collaboration with the Saudi Initiative for Asthma (SINA). Multiple questionnaires were deployed 263 valid responses were received from patients of public and private hospitals using online and offline data collection method. Several parametric and non-parametric tests were carried out in terms of data analysis. The results reveal that patients in the intervention group obtained high scores and were therefore more knowledgeable and able to control their asthma compared to the control group. Overall, patients in the intervention group performed better in terms of asthma control, asthma self-management and knowledge and awareness. There was a high level of patient activation in this group. In the context of demographic features, it was found that patients who are married and are undergraduate degree holders in employment scored high compared to patients who were young, single, post-graduate degree holders that were mainly self-employed. The results of this study can guide policy makers, SINA authorities, and hospitals as to which demographic category of asthma patients require immediate attention. The significance of asthma educational programmes has increased especially through social media platforms as the number of adult patients continues to increase day by day.
这项研究旨在评估哮喘教育计划对哮喘控制、哮喘自我管理、哮喘知识和患者激活的有效性。该研究分析了不同的人口统计学变量，目的是调查哪些哮喘患者的表现优于其他患者。基于这些人口统计学特征，本研究为不同利益相关者提供了一些建议。该研究基于实证主义方法，因为其目的是调查哮喘教育计划的后果，以期将结果推广到更大的人群。该研究针对的是已经与沙特哮喘倡议（SINA）合作实施哮喘教育计划的公立医院和私立医院。研究采用在线和离线数据收集方法，向公立和私立医院的患者发放了多个问卷，共收到 263 份有效回复。在数据分析方面进行了多项参数和非参数检验。结果表明，干预组患者得分较高，因此与对照组相比，他们的哮喘知识更丰富，自我管理能力更强，能够更好地控制哮喘。总体而言，干预组患者在哮喘控制、自我管理和知识与意识方面表现更好，患者的积极性更高。在人口统计学特征方面，研究发现已婚且从事就业本科教育的患者得分高于年轻、单身、从事自由职业的研究生患者。这项研究的结果可以为政策制定者、SINA 当局和医院提供指导，了解哪些哮喘患者群体需要立即关注。哮喘教育计划的意义日益重要，特别是在社交媒体平台上，因为成年患者的数量每天都在增加。
