PREVALENCE RATE OF ASTHMA AND ASSESSMENT OF PEOPLES KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ITS OCCURRENCE, A RURAL AND URBAN SURVEY IN PAKISTAN

Background: The aim of the study was to determine prevalence rate of asthma , also accesses knowledge about its occurrence among people of Pakistan living in different rural and urban areas. Methods: study was conducted in the month of January 2019 in different rural and urban areas of Pakistan. Data was collected from peoples of different age groups suffered from asthma residing in different rural and urban areas of Pakistan. A self- structured questionnaire was designed containing different questions. Percentages of different variables were calculated. Results: Total no. of 500 peoples suffered from asthma were approached including male 346(69.2%) and female 154(30.8%). Prevalence rate is higher in male as compared to females. In our survey mostly people suffered from disease were 32-44 years old 337(67.4%). Also peoples living in urban areas 273(54.6%) were more suffered from this disease as compared to rural 227(45.4%). Conclusion: It is concluded from survey (knowledge assessment part )that peoples were well aware about reasons of occurrence of asthma but majority think dust, consumption of higher quantities of Ghee and rice and unhygienic conditions leads towards asthmatic conditions (table.3)