Climate Changes program and its Effect on Knowledge and Health Related Behaviors of Patients with Respiratory Allergic Diseases | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Volume 16, Issue 1, March 2025, Pages 866-889 PDF (1.59 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2025.421576 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Eman Gamal Ahmed1; Samah Elsayed Ghonaem2; Shaimaa Magdy AbdAllah Gouda1 | ||
| 1Lecturer of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt. | ||
| 2Assistant professor of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Context: Climate change is an unavoidable issue that poses a significant risk to human health on global scale exacerbating respiratory allergic diseases and refers to long-term changes in average weather patterns over time. Aim: To evaluate the effect of climate changes program on knowledge and health related behaviors of patients with respiratory allergic diseases. Method: The study used a quasi- experimental design, specifically employing a pre/post-test methodology on a purposive sample of (80) patients with respiratory allergic diseases visited the allergy and immunology outpatient clinic through four months at Benha University Hospital, Qualubyia Governorate, Egypt. Tools: Three tools were utilized for data collection: Structured interview questionnaire, patients' knowledge assessment and patients' climate changes health-related behaviors scale. Results showed a statistically significant increase in the total patients' knowledge level both immediately and post 3 months of climate changes program implementation (P= ≤0.05). There was a statistically significant enhancement in the total patients' health related behaviors level, whereas 86.2% of the studied patients had unsatisfactory health-related behaviors preprogram implementation, but improved to be satisfactory as observed in 72.3% & 68.8% of them immediately post and post 3 months of program implementation, respectively (P= ≤0.05). Besides, a positive significant correlation between patients' total knowledge score and total health related behaviors pre and post 3 months of program implementation, as well as a highly significant correlation immediately post program implementation (P<0.001**). Conclusion: The implementation of climate changes program resulted in a significant and positive effect on the knowledge and health related behaviors of patients with respiratory allergic diseases. Recommendations: Further researches and studies are needed to focus on identifying new approaches of climate changes program among patients with respiratory allergic diseases to enhance their health-related behaviors. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Climate Changes; Knowledge; Health Related Behaviors; Respiratory Allergic Diseases | ||
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