Table 3 presented below shows the Frequency and Percentage Distribution of Knowledge of Asthma Patients
regarding Identifying Warning Signs of Asthma triggers; 60% of them were in below average levels in the pre
test, which was recorded nil in the post test. The average levels are 36.66% and 3.33% were in the above average
levels in the pre test, which were enhanced to 73.33% in the above average in the post test, after receiving
the asthma education.
Table 4 scores indicate knowledge enhancement after the asthma education, 53.33% in the below average
have become nil and 70% of them were in the above average in the post test distribution.
Table 5 indication knowledge enhancement of the subjects in the area of awareness on medications, diet and
breathing exercises, was indicative of positive shift of knowledge by 66.66% in the above average category and
only 3% in the below average group.
Figure 5 indicates the minimum percentage scores in pre test was 42.50, which has enhanced to 82.50, the
percentage scores in post test were all in the above average, with scores distributed from 82.50% to 100%.
The knowledge distribution in Table 6 in Pre test and Post test scores indicate the rise in knowledge levels
ranging from minimum of 10% to maximum 100% and the post test scores reveal the knowledge enhancement
in all the four areas of the study to above average scores.
In all the four areas calculated “t” values are higher than the table “t” value. Thus the Pre-Post test knowledge
scores difference and significance on home managementis vivid in the study (Table 7).
The findings revealed a significant difference in the pre and post test scores. After administering the asthma
education on self care management of bronchial asthma, the results have shown that the obtained “t” value for
knowledge is highly significant. The null hypothesis was rejected because there is a significant difference in the
pretest and posttest scores (Figure 6).