Risk factors hindering asthma symptom control in Saudi children and adolescents
| Autor: | Said Dulgom, Nour Horanieh, Zubaida Al-Sum, Nouf Alkhamis, Saleh Al-Muhsen, Hamdan Al-Jahdali, Alejandro Vazquez-Tello, Zohair Al-Aseri, Rabih Halwani |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Cross-sectional study Saudi Arabia Severity of Illness Index Medication Adherence 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Risk Factors Administration Inhalation Severity of illness medicine Humans Anti-Asthmatic Agents 030212 general & internal medicine Risk factor Child Asthma business.industry Nebulizers and Vaporizers Inhaler Emergency department medicine.disease Metered-dose inhaler Dry-powder inhaler Cross-Sectional Studies Treatment Outcome 030228 respiratory system Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Disease Progression Female Emergency Service Hospital business |
| Zdroj: | Pediatrics International. 59:661-668 |
| ISSN: | 1328-8067 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/ped.13268 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND Maintaining good control of asthma symptoms can help to prevent exacerbations and its associated complications. The Asthma Control Test (ACT) can rapidly assess the effectiveness of asthma management plan and therapy. The aim of this study was therefore to identify risk factors associated with uncontrolled asthma symptoms in young Saudi asthmatic children (3-17 years old). METHODS In this cross-sectional hospital-based survey, the ACT was administered to 297 asthmatic children/adolescents, recruited at the emergency department (ED) of two major hospitals. RESULTS Most recruited patients had intermittent (63.5%) and mild persistent (27.6%) asthma; few had moderate persistent (8.9%) and none had severe asthma. These patients visited the ED four times (3.9 ± 3.2), on average. Almost half of the patients stated that they had not received education about asthma (47%) or education about medication use (43%). Most patients (60.3%) had uncontrolled symptoms (ACT score ≤19), of whom the intermittent asthma patients had better scores than those with more severe symptoms. Children ≤6 years old, with symptoms diagnosed |
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