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ABSTRACT
Background of the study: Chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) account for 7% of all diseases in the entire world. It is linked to considerable morbidity and mortality. Patients' beliefs and perceptions about their illnesses are crucial. They are linked to a person's functional capacity, psychological effects and quality of life. Aim: To evaluate the level of disease knowledge among patients with CRDs and to assess how knowledge of diseases affects one’s quality of life. Methodology: A cross sectional study design of 62 patients selected from UBTH and Edo Specialist Hospital with the use of purposive sampling participated in this study. The Chronic Respiratory Disease Questionnaire (CRQ) and a self-developed questionnaire assessing disease knowledge were used to collect data from respondents. Descriptive statistics of frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation were used to summarize the data. Inferential statistics of Spearman’s correlation, Pearson’s correlation, ANOVA and independent t-test were used to determine the relationship between variables. Results: This study found that there was no relationship between disease knowledge and quality of life (ρ = 0.671). Asthma was the most prevalent CRD among the respondents (67.8%). The respondents showed a fair level of disease knowledge with a mean score of 26.61. Quality of life in patients had a mean score of 3.84 with the mean of dyspnoea, fatigue, emotional functioning and disease control as 3.96, 3.64, 4.17, 3.31 respectively. Conclusion: In conclusion, the findings of this study revealed that disease knowledge especially across the medication topics was below average among respondents and their quality of life was slightly impaired as well and can be described as above average. Keywords: chronic respiratory disease, disease knowledge, quality of life.
