TITLE:
Impact of Education on the Quality of Life of Asthmatics: Evaluative Study of 100 Cases in Pneumophtisiology Department of the Fann National University Hospital Center (FNUHC), Senegal
AUTHORS:
Cheikh Tacko Diop, Khady Thiam, Fatimata Binetou Rassoule Mbaye, Maïmouna Fafa Cisse, El Hadj Mamadou Ndiaye, Samba Niang, Thibaut Houssou, Yacine Dia Kane, Ansoumana Diatta, Nafissatou Oumar Touré
KEYWORDS:
School of Asthma, Chronic Disease, Patient Cooperation, Non-Medicated Treatment of Asthma
JOURNAL NAME:
Occupational Diseases and Environmental Medicine,
Vol.7 No.1,
February
2,
2019
ABSTRACT: Introduction: Therapeutic patient education is a continuous, integrated, patient-centered process. A study was conducted in the Asthma School in the pneumophtisiology department of Senegal. Overall goal was to determine the influence of therapeutic education on the quality of life of asthmatics. Method: Transverse study, descriptive and evaluative therapeutic education provided in the school of asthma on quality of life for asthma patients. Data were analyzed through IBM SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science) version 20. Results: 100 asthmatic patients were included with a sex ratio of 0.37. The average age of the patients was 36.76 years old. The majority (81.3%) (n = 39) being new participants. The average scores for symptoms, exposure to stimuli, emotions and limiting activities stay higher for adherent patients as well as the score overall quality of life. Conclusion: The school of asthma, associated with the therapeutic management, can improve the control of the disease and the quality of life of the patient.