ANALYSING THE CLINICAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ASTHMA FIRST-AID AND ITS CO-MORBID CONDITIONS MANAGEMENT AMONG MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS: A QUESTIONNAIRE BASED STUDY

Asthma is a long term reversible inflammation of the respiratory tract organs in which numerous cells and cell components partake: especially T lymphocytes, mast cells, eosinophils, epithelial cells, neutrophils and macrophages. Those people who are prone to this inflammatory problem frequently experience coughing, shortness of breadth, wheezing and chest tightness, particularly in the night or mornings.

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus is a common morbidity in adults with asthma. Previous studies have reported that co-existing diabetes and asthma may be present in roughly 5% to 16% of patients.

Asthma is one of the common chronic illness that can complicate pregnancy and is the most common chronic respiratory disease in pregnant women with prevalence being 2% to 13% world-wide.

The objective of this study is to analyze the asthma first-aid and co-morbid management knowledge among medical professionals.

The study was quantitative and cross sectional. The study was primarily focused on asthma management in co-morbid conditions & its first-aid  management . A reliable and pre-validated questionnaire tool was used for the collection of data. The study was made known to the participants, and they were asked to give their consent to take part.  Than survey questionnaires were dispersed among the participating members and were approached to finish the questionnaires. For the analysis of data SPSS; version.24 was used. Descriptive statistics were applied to evaluate data in percentages and frequencies.

Consequently, some of the 250 professionals who participated in our questionnaire based-study had a family history of asthma. Approximately, 45 percent of all participants saw this value. The majority of participants were aware of the primary medical aid and management of asthma. However, their familiarity of its pervasiveness in various age group, sex, aggravating factors and its management in co-morbid conditions like diabetes and pregnancy were assessed lower than the average.

The age of participating individuals came between 18-26 years and 80 percent of them belonging to undergraduate level of education and 55 percent of them were females.

It is needed that the medical professionals should be schooled the most up-to-date and cutting-edge guidelines to reduce morbidity exacerbation and mortality attributed with asthma.