This study aimed to determine knowledge and the prevalence of asthma and its associated factors among intermediate school students at Albaha, Saudi Arabia. A cross sectional descriptive study was conducted in Al Baha region during the period from Jan to June 2017. Two hundred intermediate school students were randomly selected from a purposively selected intermediate school at Albaha, Saudi Arabia by self-administered questionnaire. Results The age group of the participants was between 13 to 15 years of age with an equal distribution among these age group, the prevalence rate of asthma among the participants was 13.7%. Most of the participants (85.6%) show a satisfactory level of knowledge. About two thirds (71.8%) their response was “yes” while 23.2% of the participants said “No” and only 5% they do not know any inheritance for asthma. Among the 31.7% who has an attack of asthma, 28.9% experience symptoms of shortness of breath, 22.2% have cough, 16.7% show fatigue during exercise, 12.3% show both shortness of breath and cough, 6.7 % show both shortness of breath and fatigue during exercise and 12.3% show shortness of breath, cough and fatigue during exercise. The type of treatment used by the asthmatics among participants was bronchodilator (51.1%), antihistamine by (33.3%), steroid (8.9%), and immunotherapy (6.7%).Regarding knowledge of risk factors evoking asthma among participants was not satisfactory for allergens and smoking, while74.6% of the respondents show a satisfactory knowledge regarding knowledge of that if relatives encounter asthma this can be a risk factor. We recommend further studies in future to investigate more on asthma prevalence based on clinical and laboratory diagnosis to discover the link between asthma and other risk factors as obesity.
