The Impact of The Asthma Patient’s Education Status on The Adult’s Asthma Control Using the Traditional Verbal Counseling Technique

Background: Asthma patient’s education status affects all aspects of dealing with the disease; we aimed to assess the Impact of The Patient’s Education Status on The Adult’s Asthma Control Using the Traditional Verbal Counseling Technique. Methods: A group of educated and non-educated adults with asthma, non-smoking, aged 19–60, were randomly collected from the outpatient clinic. Asthma severity was classified using the FEV1/FVC and the GINA guidelines. The patients were divided into two groups: educated and non-educated adults with asthma. The two groups received a two-month course of traditional verbal counseling, during which the two groups were monitored using the forced expiratory volume in the first second to the forced vital capacity FEV1/FVC ratio and Asthma control test (ACT). Result: With A total of 183 nonsmoking adults with asthma (N=183), 91 educated (N=91), and 92 noneducated (N=92) The study demonstrated that, Regarding the FEV1/FVC ratio which represents the pulmonary function improvements, the educated group showed superiority on the not educated group and this superiority started to appear from the 1st-month visit and lasted to the 2nd-month visit with p-value p≤0.001. Regarding ACT, which represents the degree of asthma symptom control, the superiority of the educated counseling group was significant starting from the 1st month visit and lasted to the 2nd month visit with p-values p≤0.001 and p=0.027. Conclusion: The educated asthma group using the traditional verbal counseling technique achieved better pulmonary function improvement and better overall asthma clinical outcomes compared to the non-educated asthma group.