Health Education for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Observational Study

• 作者: Denilsi Gomes Gonçalves Edson de Oliveira Andrade Elvis Geanderson Lima do Vale Erik Coelho da Costa Fernanda Figuerôa Sanches Jaqueline de Sousa Veras Barbosa Leigiane Alves Cardoso Lucas Normando da Silva Maria do Socorro Lucena Cardoso Roberta Lins Gonçalves Wilson de Souza Nogueira
• 来源期刊: 康复医学(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: COPD HEALTH EDUCATION Pulmonary Rehabilitation Communicational Ecosystems
• 年，卷（期）: kfyxyw_2020,（3）
• 页码范围: 60-71
• 页数: 12页
• 分类号: R56

摘要

Health Education has shown itself as essential for the understanding of indi</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">viduals about psychological and physical changes caused by diseases. The chron</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">ic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a severe public health problem, and it depends on health education measures for its control. A group of patients with COPD, in pneumatological medical treatment, were investigated to find </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">information about the disease. An observational, descriptive and analytical study </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">with analysis and application of a semistructured questionnaire to evaluate the </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">individuals</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">’</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> knowledge about the COPD. Collected data were registered and </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">analyzed using Google Docs. The software used for the calculation of statistica</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">l </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">measures was Microsoft Excel<span style="white-space:nowrap;">^®</span>. For the research participants’ characterization</span> <span style="font-family:Verdana;">analysis, the use of grouped data for the frequency distribution of Sturges Rule</span> <span style="font-family:Verdana;">was necessary. This study provided knowledge about which information a group</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> of bearers of COPD receives at a college hospital providing treatment. </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The interviewed have an average age of 70 years old and most are women with </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">education level between elementary and high school and diagnose time of 6</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">.</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">8 years. Most of the sample reported knowled