Patients' interest in educational programmes on asthma

• Published in: Monaldi archives for chest disease Vol. 50; no. 4; p. 319
• Main Authors: Moscato, G, Niniano, R, Corsico, A, Cretti, L, Colli, M C, Perfetti, L, Bianchi, P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Italy 01-08-1995
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Asthma - etiology; Asthma - prevention & control; Asthma - psychology; Asthma - therapy; Attitude to Health; Exercise; Female; Food; Health Education; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Occupational Health; Patient Compliance; Patient Education as Topic; Quality of Life; Sex Factors; Surveys and Questionnaires
• ISSN: 1122-0643

The compliance of patients in educational programmes on asthma is sometimes lacking and this may be due in part to patients' scarce interest or refusal to expand their knowledge of the disease. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate the interest of a group of asthmatic patients in education on asthma and to point out the asthma-related topics considered particularly worth discussing. The study was conducted before starting the educational programme. Sixty adult patients with mild-to-moderate asthma were asked to complete a questionnaire, including a group of 14 questions aimed at evaluating the level of patients' interest in various asthma-related topics, one question regarding patients' willingness to attend a small-group educational course on asthma, and a further question asking patients to suggest topics of particular interest for discussion. For each of the first 14 questions, patients indicated their level of interest according to a score ranging 1-3. The sum of the scores obtained for each topic (partial score) and the sum of partial scores (total score) were calculated and classified into three classes of interest (I: low, II: medium; III: high), and the distribution of patients into the three classes was analysed (chi-squared test).