The knowledge of allergies and self-assessment of the ability to use treatment methods among allergy clinic patients

• Main Authors: Olga Adamczyk-Gruszka, Grażyna Czerwiak, Jakub Gruszka, Agnieszka Czerwiak, Karolina Komar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kazimierz Wielki University 2016-06-01
• Series: Journal of Education, Health and Sport
• Subjects: allergies, health education, inhaled drugs.
• Online Access: http://www.ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/3538

Adamczyk-Gruszka Olga, Czerwiak Grażyna, Gruszka Jakub, Czerwiak Agnieszka, Komar Karolina. The knowledge of allergies and self-assessment of the ability to use treatment methods among allergy clinic patients. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2016;6(6):86-94. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.54711 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/3538   The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 755 (23.12.2015). 755 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Author (s) 2016; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 05.05.2016. Revised 25.05.2016. Accepted: 25.05.2016.   The knowledge of allergies and self-assessment of the ability to use treatment methods among allergy clinic patients   Olga Adamczyk-Gruszka1, Grażyna Czerwiak2, Jakub Gruszka3, Agnieszka Czerwiak4, Karolina Komar5     1Olga Adamczyk–Gruszka PhD: Departament of Obstetrics Gynecology and Obstetric-Gynecological Nursing Faculty of Health Sciences, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland Head of the Departament: Prof. Mariusz Bidziński DD, PhD 1dr n. med. Adamczyk–Gruszka Olga Zakład Położnictwa, Ginekologii i Pielęgniarstwa Położniczo-Ginekologicznego Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu Uniwersytetu Jana Kochanowskiego, Kielce, Polska   2dr n. med. Grażyna Czerwiak: Zakład Umiejętności Pielęgniarskich i Organizacji Pracy, Instytut Pielęgniarstwa i Położnictwa Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu Uniwersytetu Jana Kochanowskiego w Kielcach [e-mail] 2Grażyna Czerwiak Ph.D.: Department of Nursing Skills and Labour Organization, Institute of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences The Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland Head of the Departament: Prof. Bogdan Chazan DD. Ph.D.   3student Jakub Gruszka: II Wydział Lekarski, Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny Dziekan II Wydziału Lekarskiego: Prof. dr hab. n. med. Marek Kuch 3student Jakub Gruszka: II Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland Head of the Departament: Prof. Marek Kuch MD, PhD   4 magAgnieszka Czerwiak, absolwent Wydziału Nauk o Zdrowiu Uniwersytetu Jana Kochanowskiego w Kielcach 4Agnieszka Czerwiak MA in the nursing–graduate of the Faculty of Health Sciences The Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, mobile: [phone]student Karolina Komar: II Wydział Lekarski, Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny Dziekan II Wydziału Lekarskiego: Prof. dr hab. n. med. Marek Kuch 5student Karolina Komar: II Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland Head of the Departament: Prof. Marek Kuch MD, PhD   The knowledge of allergies and self-assessment of the ability to use treatment methods among allergy clinic patients   Summary Allergies belong to major public health problems. Their incidence is growing. Epidemiological indicators of these diseases are associated with changes in the environment, climate as well as with urbanization and industrial development. The health education can contribute to enhancement of motivation of a patient burdened with allergy. A lack of treatment effectiveness should encourage to further health education. The purpose of the research was the assessment of patients’ knowledge of allergies’ risk factors including their skills to use inhalers. Material and method The research was carried out from September to November 2015 among 118 adult patients of allergy clinics in the city of Kielce. The applied method was of a diagnostic survey with the use of questionnaire form. The material was analysed. The significance of differences was verified with χ2 test. Results The majority of respondents notices a protective effect of pregnant woman’s diet, breastfeeding and resignation from early modification of babies’feeding. There has been confirmed a weak correlation between the knowledge of allergies and age, sex, place of residence and the average depending on the level of education. Most respondents assessed skills connected with the use of inhalers as poor, the others as good. Conclusions There was a worrying problem connected with the use of inhalers observed among the respondents. Inhaled drugs occupy a special place in the treatment of allergies. For this reason educational activities should be implemented.   Key words: allergies, health education, inhaled drugs.