Knowledge and attitude of chest physiotherapy among the patients suffering from respiratory complications in Bangladesh

Abstract

Introduction: Respiratory complications is defined as new onset or exacerbated respiratory failure following cardio-thoracic or non-cardiac system problem as a result produce shortness of breath. Aim of study: It was aimed the knowledge, attitude and practices of chest physiotherapy among the patients for respiratory complications in Bangladesh. Objectives: To identify the knowledge and attitude of chest physiotherapy for respiratory complications patients in Bangladesh. Methods: This study was done by using quantitative method, which was a cross sectional study on the people with patients the respiratory complications who admitted at CRP & NIDCH in Bangladesh. The study population or total 154 participants were attended willingly & conventionally for this study. Data was collected by self-modified questionnaire. Researcher maintained all-ethics issues. Data were numerically captured in SPSS 25 version. Furthermore, Microsoft excel was used for the analysis of the data and for the presentation of the data as well. Results: Among 154 participants the most participants were attended from 26-35 age group (n=56, 36.4%). The most of the participants were male. Data showed that (n= 112, 72.7%) were male. The most of the occupation of participants were service holder and housewife were both (n= 33, 21.4%). The most of the participants educational level were secondary (n=41, 26.6%). The most of the family income were low level. The most of the participants living in semiurban area (n=57, 37.0%). The most of the participants smoking were (n=66, 42.9%). According to the distribution with health-related questionnaire where p- value was <0.05 and knowledge, attitude & practice had significant with age, gender, occupational & educational level of the participants. Conclusion: In this study researcher found significant (p<0.05) of the participants with knowledge of chest physiotherapy and WHO guideline of the patients and believe that chest physiotherapy helped promote quality of life & increased lung function of patient’s and when they had done chest physiotherapy exercise. Key words: Chest physiotherapy, Respiratory complications, Knowledge and Attitude. Word count: 10,450.