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Aim: This descriptive research was conducted to determine the illness perception and asthma management levels of asthma patients. Method: The study was performed to the 211 asthmatic individuals applied to the Chest Diseases Clinic at a training and research hospital in December 2020-April 2021. A patient information form, The Revised Illness Perception Questionnaire and an asthma management checklist prepared by the researchers. were used to collect the data. The data were analyzed via SPSS 20.0 program. An ethical approval from the related University Ethics Committee, a written permission from the related hospital administration, oral and written informed consent from the participants were gathered to conduct the research. Results: The mean age of the patients was 45.15±14.56, and the average year of asthma diagnosis was 7.73±7.56. According to the statements of the patients, asthma control levels were found to be low. A positive correlation was found between age and disease perception scale sub-dimensions, results, emotional representations and risk factors, and negative correlations were found between personal control and treatment control sub-dimensions. There was a negative difference between the age of the patients and limitation in daily activities due to asthma, and a positive difference between the use of rescue medication. Conclusion: the total and sub-dimension mean scores of the illness perception of the patients participated in the study were found to be high, and their asthma management levels were low. It is recommended to evaluate the illness perceptions of the asthma patients during the follow-up and treatment processes and to take anamnesis considering their sociocultural characteristics in order to increase the asthma management levels of the patients.

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