Volume 26, Issue 125, July 2022

Prevalence of bronchial asthma among Al-Qunfuda populations and extent of awareness of the preventive methods from bronchial asthma exacerbating retrospective study

Abdullah A Saati¹, Naeem F Qusty², Medhat Taha^3,4♦, Reem M Alfaqih⁵, Salihah A Almarhabi⁵, Aisha A Alfaqeeh⁵, Fatimah A Alamri⁵, Samar M Alfaqih⁵, Amjad A Alkhairy⁵, Abdullah G Al-Kushi⁶

¹Department of Community Medicine and Pilgrims Healthcare, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
²Medical Laboratories Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
³Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt
⁴Department of Anatomy, Al- Qunfudah Medical College, Umm Al Qura University, Al-Qunfudhah, Saudi Arabia
⁵Al- Qunfudah Medical College, Umm Al Qura University, AlQunfudhah, Saudi Arabia
⁶Department of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Mecca 24382, Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt Department of Anatomy, Al- Qunfudah Medical College, Umm Al Qura University, Al-Qunfudhah, Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

Objectives: To assess bronchial asthma prevalence in Al-Qunfudhah population, the extent of awareness by the preventive methods from exacerbating asthma and to determine the effects of bronchial asthma exacerbation on patient life, work, school, and relationships. Methodology: This is an observational cross sectional study design. 952 respondents from Al-Qunfudhah region's population formulated an electronic questionnaire using question items from previously validated questionnaires. All data was analyzed using the SPSS version 23.0 program (SPSS Inc, Chicago, IL). Results: our study down on 952 participants most of them females 860 between (26-60 years), 844 residents in Al-Qunfudhah and suburbs. We founded that majority of participants (934) were thinking about smoking and breath of dust are the main causes and triggering factors for bronchial asthma. Also, we found that 734 participants though that cough is the main symptom of asthma. Lastly the information’s taken from the 622 participants about the treatment of bronchial asthma confirming that the use of the inhaler and medicine only when symptoms are present.

Keywords: Prevalence, Bronchial asthma, participants, Saudi Arabia

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms279e2298

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i125/ms279e2298

Published: 14 July 2022