DETERMINATION OF EFFECT ON ASTHMA CONTROL OF ILLNESS PERCEPTION OF ASTHMA PATIENTS

作者：Bahcecioglu Gulcan; Akyl Rahsan Cevik^*

来源：Acta Medica Mediterranea, 2014, 30(3): 591-600.

• Asthma
• asthma control test
• illness perception questionnaire
• nursing

Objectives: This study aimed at characterizing the effect of the illness perception of asthma patients on their disease control.
Materials and methods: This study was conducted in 200 patients who consulted between June and August 2012 at the Chest Diseases outpatient clinics and satisfied the eligibility criteria. A patient data form, the Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ-R) and the Asthma Control Test (ACT) were used for data collection.
Results: Significant differences in IPQ-R scores were found among patients groups differing as to age, marital status, number of children, family type and mean ACT scores (p<0.05). A direct correlation was present between most IPQ-R subscale and overall scores and the ACT score (p<0.01 and <0.05, respectively).
Conclusion: When evaluated together with most of its subscales, illness perception was found to affect asthma control.

• 出版日期2014