HEALTH EDUCATION FOR ASTHMATIC PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS FROM NURSING PERSPECTIVE
Qiu, Bing; Huang, Lin; Li, Yongjiao (2017)
Qiu, Bing
Huang, Lin
Li, Yongjiao
Turun ammattikorkeakoulu
2017
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2017121120519
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Asthma has been recognized as a chronic disease that causes to decrease the lung function. The common characters of asthma are coughing, wheezing, dyspnea and recurring bronchitis. The respiratory symptoms impact patients’ daily life and reduce the quality of living, thus, asthma seriously affect person’s physical and mental health. According to the statistics, the population and treatment cost of asthma was increasing globally. Unfortunately, many asthmatic patients or their care givers do not have comprehensive asthmatic knowledge and some of the professional lack of advance skills or knowledge to educate asthma patient. It is common that patients use medical devices incorrectly, and poor patient’s compliance of asthma management strategy is existing. In this paper, it described the background of asthma worldwide, the typical symptoms and signs of asthma, nurses' mission and role in health education for asthma patients, definition of health education, teaching methods, quality of life, education about diet, exercise, medical devices, and prevention of asthma attack. The purposes of this thesis are to investigate the health education needs of asthmatic patients, how and what nurses should educate asthmatic patients in order to improve their quality of life. The research problems focus on what is nurses’ mission and role in asthmatic patients’ and care givers health education; what are the health education needs of asthmatic patients and caregivers; what are the best practices to teach asthmatic patients and caregivers to cope with daily life and effectively prevent asthma attack; and what is the relevant knowledge of health education nurses should provide to asthmatic patients and caregivers.
This thesis use literature review to gather evidences about the crucial issues that asthmatic patients had and discover the important contents of best health education to asthmatic patients and caregivers. For the ethnic’s aspect, it is not involved with patients due this paper simply applied literature review. Any commercial benefit is not involved with this paper. Bibliography is applied. Reviewed articles are all evidence-based to ensure the reliability and validity.
Asthma is long-term disease which is preventable for the asthma attack. Although proper self-management could guarantee a good quality of life, it is common that patients lack asthmatic knowledge, incorrectly use of medical devices, poor compliance of asthma management strategy. Hence, nurses play a crucial role for patient’s health care education. Nurses are the integral part of asthma control chain loop and patient’s health education. The content of patient’s education include diet, exercise, medicine, medical devices, asthma attack prevention (include primary, secondary and tertiary prevention). The methods of patient’s health education include verbal education, demonstration, video, poster, telephone call, text message, WeChat, follow-up, house visit. Health education can be given to patient or caregiver. Moreover, patient or caregiver should participate in asthma self-management plan and be supported psychologically.
This thesis use literature review to gather evidences about the crucial issues that asthmatic patients had and discover the important contents of best health education to asthmatic patients and caregivers. For the ethnic’s aspect, it is not involved with patients due this paper simply applied literature review. Any commercial benefit is not involved with this paper. Bibliography is applied. Reviewed articles are all evidence-based to ensure the reliability and validity.
Asthma is long-term disease which is preventable for the asthma attack. Although proper self-management could guarantee a good quality of life, it is common that patients lack asthmatic knowledge, incorrectly use of medical devices, poor compliance of asthma management strategy. Hence, nurses play a crucial role for patient’s health care education. Nurses are the integral part of asthma control chain loop and patient’s health education. The content of patient’s education include diet, exercise, medicine, medical devices, asthma attack prevention (include primary, secondary and tertiary prevention). The methods of patient’s health education include verbal education, demonstration, video, poster, telephone call, text message, WeChat, follow-up, house visit. Health education can be given to patient or caregiver. Moreover, patient or caregiver should participate in asthma self-management plan and be supported psychologically.