Analisis Pemahaman Penderita Asma tentang Penyakit Asma sebagai Cara untuk Mengontrol Penyakit Asma

Asthma is an inflammatory disease caused by narrowing of the respiratory tract. This disease is common attacked the children. The prevalence of asthma was 17,4% and increased each year. WHO predicted in 2025, the medical patient of asthma will become 400 millions of people. In Indonesia, prevalence of asthma is quite high. Many factors are associated with uncontrolled asthma. Two factors that cause asthma, there are factor genetics and factor from the surroundings. Asthma is the disease that can not be healed, but it can be controlled. The aim of this study is to find out that increasing the knowledge about asthma can be step to control asthma level. The goals of asthma management are to achieve and maintain controlled asthma. The research uses qualitative approach with interview method. The subjects of the interview are the people who got asthma since they were child. There are 3 people whose being interviewed. Overall, the subjects said after they went to the doctor and got the education about asthma from the doctor, their control asthma level is getting better, which means their asthma rarely happen. From the results of the study found out that asthma can be controlled by increased the knowledge about asthma itself.