[Pilot study on knowledge about asthma and its treatment among Spanish teachers].
This was a study aimed to know the knowledge about asthma.


METHODS
933 teachers of 27 schools from 7 cities (children aged between 4 and 15 years) using a self-administered questionnaire Half of them knew asthma prevalence and its hereditary nature. Nearly all related asthma with allergy, 38% with exercise, 25%had students who suffered from asthma attacks in the school, and 91% admitted to have limited information and wish to improve it.


CONCLUSIONS
Our survey reveals that Spanish teachers have a limited information about asthma.
Cobos
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Picado
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C
D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching