Effect of Health Education on Wheeze Related Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) among Parents of Wheezing Children

Abstract

Background: wheezing in children and its seasonal exacerbations are a major concern among parents and health professionals. Increasing the parent's knowledge play a major role in early identification and management of wheezing exacerbation at home. Aims& objectives: This study was conducted with the objective of assessing the health education benefit and improved outcome on parent's attitude knowledge and practice while dealing with their wheezing children. Materials and methods: This prospective study was conducted on parents of 100 wheezing children attending outpatient department of paediatrics at SRM hospital.Health education was provided individually to parents for 10 minutes. Responses for KAP questionnaire on wheezing related knowledge was collected before health education and one week after health education and compared. Results: For all the ten questions the percentage of intended responses improved after health education session. Mean score improved from 12.32 to 17.9 after heath education. (P value <