Summary :
More than 7% children (4 million) and 5% adults are
suffering from asthma in Bangladesh. The management
of asthma has already been formulated globally. We need
to know the management of asthma at every level of
health care facility of the country.
The study was done to look into the current perception and
practice of Health Care providers (HCP) on asthma
management.
It was a cross sectional survey. Multistage cluster
sampling design was followed for the selection of HCPs
from all over Bangladesh. A total of 288 HCPs were
selected including 120 patients and 69 pharmacists. Data
were collected by trained physicians through a structured
questionnaire from HCPs with face-to-face interview.
Asthma was considered as a common health problem by all
HCPs. All HCPs thought respiratory distress (92.2%-100%)