Caregiver knowledge on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) among COPD patient in outpatient clinic, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia

dc.contributor.authorMazlan, Nurul Farhana
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-04T08:24:05Z
dc.date.available2022-12-04T08:24:05Z
dc.date.issued2021-07
dc.description.abstractThe involvement of caregiver in direct care of COPD patients is important as they help to assist them with the activity of daily living. For enabling the patients to improve their condition, caregivers need to be knowledgeable in facing patients with COPD. The general objective of the study was to determine caregiver knowledge on COPD among COPD patients in outpatient clinic Hospital USM. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 41 caregivers recruited using a simple random method. Demographic data of the COPD caregivers were analyzed by SPSS version 27.0 using descriptive statistics. Mann Whitney test was used to examine differences between gender and caregiver knowledge on COPD. Differences between the level of education with caregiver knowledge on COPD were examined using the Kruskal Wallis test. Spearman correlation test was used to measure the relationship between age and years of experience in taking care of COPD patients with caregiver knowledge on COPD. The findings of this study show that caregiver knowledge on COPD categorized as better knowledge (M: 27.22). Besides, there is no significant association between gender with caregiver knowledge on COPD (p=0.658). However, there is significant difference between level of education with caregiver knowledge on COPD (p=0.010). Moreover, there is a very weak, negative correlation between age and caregiver knowledge on COPD (r = -0.07, p = 0.647), as well as a very weak, positive correlation between years of experience in taking care of COPD patients with caregiver knowledge on COPD (r = 0.21, p = 0.195). In conclusion,en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/16835
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan, Universiti Sains Malaysiaen_US
dc.subjectPulmonary Diseaseen_US
dc.titleCaregiver knowledge on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) among COPD patient in outpatient clinic, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysiaen_US
dc.typeOtheren_US
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