- 천식 환자의 질병 관련 지식과 흡입기 사용에 대한 인지 및 실천
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- 우승희,김경희,Woo. Seung-Hee,Kim. Kyung-Hee
- ㆍ 간행물명
- 기본간호학회지
- ㆍ 권/호정보
- 2008년|15권 4호|pp.418-427 (10 pages)
- ㆍ 발행정보
- 대한기본간호학회
- ㆍ 파일정보
- 정기간행물| PDF텍스트
- ㆍ 주제분야
- 기타
Purpose: This study was done to investigate the relationship of knowledge related to disease, awareness and practice of inhaler use in asthmatic patients. Method: The participants in this research were 124 patients with asthma who used inhalers, and were admitted to hospital or attended outpatient asthmatic clinics. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire which consisted of demographic characteristics, illness-related characteristics, and tools to measure knowledge of disease, awareness and practice related to inhaler use. Results: Knowledge related to disease was statistically significantly different for age (p<.001) and marital status (p=.017). The mean score for awareness of inhaler use was significantly higher than the mean score for practice in inhaler use (p<.001). There were significant correlations between awareness and practice of inhaler use (p<.001), knowledge related to disease and awareness of inhaler use (p<.001), and knowledge related to disease and practice of inhaler use (p<.001). Conclusion: Results indicate that due to the variation in degree of illness in patients with asthma, there is a need to develop appropriate education programs for people of different ages and also precise ${alpha}$ II content for use of inhalers method of checking capacity washing and storing as well as directions about different kinds of the inhalers.