Follow-up results: Effectiveness of a short-term educational program in asthma control
- VernacularTitle: Гуурсан хоолойн багтрааны хяналтад эрүүл мэндийн боловсрол олгох давтан сургалтын үзүүлэх нөлөөг судалсан дүн
- Author:
Densenbal D
1
;
Sarantuya J
2
;
Ichinnorov D
1
Author Information
1. Department of Pulmonary and Allergy, School of Medicine, MNUMS
2. Department of Molecule biology and Genetics, School of Biomedicine, MNUMS
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Spirometry;
Asthma knowledge;
Salbutamol;
Dexamethasone
- From:
Mongolian Journal of Health Sciences
2025;85(1):19-24
- CountryMongolia
- Language:Mongolian
-
Abstract:
Background:Asthma is a chronic airway disease, and its prevention involves avoiding risk factors and ensuring proper
inhaler techniques to reduce the risk of exacerbation.
Aim:To determine the results of refresher training in health education for the control of bronchial asthma.
Materials and Methods:A total of 56 asthma patients’ asthma who visited the outpatient department of the Mongolian
Japanese Hospital were enrolled in an educational program aimed at improving asthma knowledge. Three months later,
26 of them were re-evaluated, and a comparison was made of their asthma knowledge, quality of life, and pulmonary
function. The occupational status was divided into two groups: those working in offices and those working in factories and
construction sites. Education was divided into two groups: those with bachelor, less bachelor. The usage levels of relievers and corticosteroids were divided into two groups: reliever usage was 3 canisters up or down per year, while systemic
corticosteroid usage was 10 ampules up or down per year. Ethical approval for the study was obtained in accordance with
the approval of the Bioethics Committee of the School of Medicine, Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences
(approval number: 2019.06.05), and written consent was obtained from the participants. The data analyses are processed
using Excel and SPSS 26 software.
Results:According to the asthma control test scores, the improvement in control after the training increased from 8% to
12%, and the percentage of those with poor control improved from 15% to 23%. After the training, 27% (7) of participants showed improvement from their baseline control level, 8% (2) showed a decline, and the rest showed no change.
Among the participants, 30.8% (n=8) used bronchodilators with a frequency of more than 3 canisters per year, while
46.2% (n=12) used dexamethasone more than 10 ampules per year. Multivariable analysis showed that age had an odds
ratio (OR) of 1.1 (95% CI 0.2-8.10), education had an OR of 1.7 (95% CI 0.2-15.8), occupation had an OR of 1.2 (95%
CI 0.1-10.9), bronchodilator use had an OR of 3.6 (95% CI 0.3-45.8), and dexamethasone usage had an OR of 2.1 (95%
CI 0.3-15.7), all of which were identified as risk factors.
Conclusion:As a result of the short-term asthma education program, quality of life and lung function improved, and the
level of control increased. This suggests that continuous education should be implemented.
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