Background Parents and carers of asthma patients have been the subject of little study, however there is a dearth of information from studies undertaken in India. As a result, we intended to determine if parents' asthma knowledge influences the quality of life and symptom management of their children with asthma. Methods: This was Observational Cross-sectional study conducted among 99 patients with diagnosis of bronchial asthma atthe Department of Paediatrics, in Base Hospital, New Delhi, during the period from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021 after obtaining clearance from the Institutional Ethics Committee before commencement. Results: Observed that among those with satisfactory parental knowledge, 53.7% had well controlled asthma, 22% had partially controlled asthma and 24.4% had uncontrolled asthma. These proportions are similar to that in parents with not satisfactory knowledge levels. In this group, 55.2% had well controlled asthma, 20.7% had partially controlled asthma and 24.1% had uncontrolled asthma. Thus, we observed that parental knowledge was not significantly associated with GINA asthma control levels (p value = 0.98). Conclusion: The score for symptom management was greater among parents with a sufficient degree of knowledge, however this difference was not statistically significant. There was no significant association between parental knowledge and GINA asthma control levels in our study.

Bronchial Asthma, Children, Respiratory Infections, Asthmatic Symptoms.