The efficacy of easy Asthma Clinic in Watchun Hospital for His Majesty the King 80th Birthday, Chiang Mai Province
Keywords:
คลินิกโรคหืดอย่างง่าย, ผลลัพธ์, ค่าทดสอบสมรรถภาพปอด, โรงพยาบาลวัดจันทร์เฉลิมพระเกียรติ 80 พรรษาAbstract
Asthma is a chronic disease and a major health problem in Kullayanwattana District, Chiang Mai Province. There are only 6.7 percent of patients having inhale corticosteroid treatment. Realizing this problem, Watchun Hospital for His Majesty the King 80th birthday had conducted Easy Asthma clinic Since 2011 to provide Asthmatic Standard Treatment System for asthmatic patients. This study is a descriptive research and retrospective study was employed to evaluate the result of Easy Asthma Clinic by using recorded data of asthmatic patients from medical registry unit. The information was obtained from asthmatic patients who attended Easy Asthma Clinic in the first day of treatment as well as follow ups in the first, third and twelve month after clinic’s operation.
The result revealed that most of 31 samples were female 77.4%, mean of age was 32.1 years (S.D.=17.64), mean of the first age that asthma attacked was 21.7 years (S.D.=14.07), and mean of time to be asthmatic patients was 10.4 years (S.D.=9.72).
The result of treatment comparative between the first day of treatment and at 12th mouth after treatment (pre and post treatment) was found that the respondents had decrease sign and symptoms of asthma disease in one mouth such as asthma attack at daytime decreased from 61.3% to 29.0% and attack at night time decreased from 90.3% to 35.5%, Using inhaled bronchodilator decreased from 67.7% to 29.0%. In one years, sign and symptoms which decreased were emergency cases of acute asthmatic attack and got inhalation decreased from 45.2 to 29.0, The admittion rate was decreased from 19.4% to 9.7%.
In conclusion the number of IPD cases was decreased and asthmatic could save the expenditure and increase quality of life, so Easy Asthma Clinic should be promoted at community hospital.
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