Factors Associated with School Absence Among Children with Symptomatic Asthma, United States, 2002–2003
| Autor: | Lara J. Akinbami, Jennifer D. Parker, Sarah Merkle |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty education.field_of_study business.industry Asthma attack Population Logistic regression medicine.disease respiratory tract diseases immune system diseases Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health medicine Immunology and Allergy National Health Interview Survey education business Asthma |
| Zdroj: | Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonology. 23:191-200 |
| ISSN: | 2151-3228 2151-321X |
| Popis: | Children with asthma miss nearly 13 million school days annually due to asthma. We sought to examine risk factors for asthma-related school absence among children with symptomatic asthma to discern risks uniquely associated with symptomatic asthma. We analyzed 2002–2003 National Health Interview Survey data for children ages 5–17 years with symptomatic asthma (N = 905), that is, those with a reported asthma diagnosis and ≥1 asthma attack(s) in the previous year. Among the population of children with symptomatic asthma, we used logistic regression to assess the association between risk factors and asthma-related school absences. We also examined nonasthma absences among this population to assess if risk factors for asthma-related absences differed from those for other absences. Finally, we examined absences among children without asthma for comparison. A greater proportion of children with symptomatic asthma missed school compared with children without asthma. Overall, 59% of children with symptomatic asth... |
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