| Autor: |
Sabir Mohammad, Mahesh Pa, Sushil K. Kabra, Sheetu Singh, Monica Barne, Tu Sukumaran, Aloke Gopal Ghoshal, Mangal Dk, Meenu Singh, Nishtha Singh, Sanjay K. Kochar, Sundeep Salvi, Sanjeev Sinha, Shally Awasthi, Virendra Singh |
| Rok vydání: |
2020 |
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| Zdroj: |
Occupational and environmental health. |
| DOI: |
10.1183/13993003.congress-2020.3172 |
| Popis: |
Aims and Objectives: A multitude of factors affect the prevalence and severity of asthma. The global asthma network (GAN) study was conducted to find out the prevalence of asthma in Indian children and their parents. Methods: In this questionnaire based study, data was collected from schools (randomly selected) in 9 cities across India (2017-18). A questionnaire including symptomatology and environmental questions were given to school going children in 2 age groups and their parents. Logistic regression was applied to calculate the correlation between environmental factors and wheeze in the past 12months. Results: Questionnaires were filled by 20084 and 25887 children in 6-7y and 13-14y age group; and 85023 parents. The prevalence of wheeze in the past 12 months was 3.2% and 3.7% in the 2 age groups respectively; 3.3% for the parents. Prevalence of severe asthma amongst the asthmatics was 30.9%, 44.1% and 28.6% for 6-7y, 13-14y and parents respectively. The factors associated with significant positive correlation (p value Conclusion: The prevalence of asthma varies across various cities in India. A significant proportion of these have severe asthma emphasizing the need for better asthma control. Various environmental factors were found to be associated with the prevalence of wheeze and need to be taken into consideration in making lifestyle changes. |
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OpenAIRE |
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