Assessment of the knowledge of asthma amongst adult asthmatics and their quality of life

Williams, Zelda Antoinette

dc.contributor.advisor	Potgieter, E. (Prof.)	en
dc.contributor.author	Williams, Zelda Antoinette	en
dc.date.accessioned	2009-08-25T11:03:51Z
dc.date.available	2009-08-25T11:03:51Z
dc.date.issued	2009-08-25T11:03:51Z
dc.date.submitted	2005-12-31	en
dc.identifier.citation	Williams, Zelda Antoinette (2009) Assessment of the knowledge of asthma amongst adult asthmatics and their quality of life, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2481>	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2481
dc.description.abstract	Asthma is not a disease with a single etiology but a very complex syndrome. Irrespective of a better understanding of the pathophysiology of asthma and its related therapeutic regimens the disease still escalates in prevalence and severity. Characteristic features of chronicity and remission ensures a fertile ground for non-compliance by patients. This quantitative, descriptive study set out to determine the asthma knowledge, asthma control and quality of life of adult asthmatics who attended the respiratory outpatient clinic at Tygerberg Hospital. The purpose was to determine an association between asthma knowledge, asthma control and asthma quality of life. A statistically significant association was found between asthma control and asthma quality of life, not with knowledge of asthma for either of the concepts. Important gaps in knowledge were identified namely an inability to recognise nocturnal coughing as a risk factor. The increased role of nurse practitioners in asthma care is highly recommended.	en
dc.format.extent	1 online resource (x, 114, [23] leaves : ill.)
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Adult asthmatics	en
dc.subject	Asthma quality of life	en
dc.subject	Asthma control	en
dc.subject	Asthma knowledge	en
dc.subject.ddc	616.2380092
dc.subject.lcsh	Asthmatics -- South Africa -- Western Cape -- Knowledge and learning -- Evaluation
dc.subject.lcsh	Asthmatics -- Education -- South Africa -- Western Cape -- Evaluation
dc.subject.lcsh	Patient education -- South Africa -- Western Cape -- Evaluation
dc.subject.lcsh	Quality of life -- South Africa -- Western Cape
dc.title	Assessment of the knowledge of asthma amongst adult asthmatics and their quality of life	en
dc.type	Dissertation	en
dc.description.department	Health Studies	en
dc.description.degree	M.A. (Health Studies)	en