Determinants of asthma control among children in Saudi Arabia
| Autor: | Abdulmajeed A. Alsadhan, Abdulaziz A. Alsubaie, Mohamed A. AlFawaz, Ghaith M. Almidani, Abdulaziz A. BinSaeed, Muslim M. Alsaadi, Abdullah A. AlRashed, Ahmad A. Aldakhail, Armen A. Torchyan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Saudi Arabia Environment Risk Assessment immune system diseases Asthma control medicine Confidence Intervals Immunology and Allergy Humans Psychology Anti-Asthmatic Agents Sibling Child Developing Countries Asthma Childhood asthma business.industry Siblings medicine.disease Pediatric clinic respiratory tract diseases Uncontrolled asthma Chronic disease Cross-Sectional Studies Logistic Models Treatment Outcome Socioeconomic Factors Control test Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Multivariate Analysis Educational Status Female business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma. 51(4) |
| ISSN: | 1532-4303 |
| Popis: | Asthma is the most common chronic disease among children. Uncontrolled asthma may considerably decrease the quality of life for patients and their families. Our objective was to identify possible risk factors for poor asthma control in children.A cross-sectional study was conducted among children with asthma aged 4-11 years who attended a pediatric clinic for follow-up visits at one of the major teaching hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Asthma control status was measured by the childhood asthma control test. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed to explore the relationships between the outcome and exposure variables.Uncontrolled asthma was present in 89 out of 158 children (59.3%). Asthma control improved with the number of siblings. Control improved by 69% with two or three siblings (OR = 0.31, 95% CI = 0.10-0.96) and by 87% with four or more siblings (OR = 0.13, 95% CI = 0.04-0.48). Similarly, asthma control improved with an increased asthma knowledge of the caregiver (OR = 0.87, 95% CI = 0.81-0.93). Household incomes less than SAR 15 000 and sharing a bedroom increased the odds of having uncontrolled asthma by 2.30 (95% CI = 1.02-5.21) and 3.33 (95% CI = 1.33-8.35), respectively.In addition to knowledge, socioeconomic factors, such as family income, household crowding, and the number of siblings are associated with asthma control among children in Saudi Arabia. Further research is needed to investigate the role of these factors. |
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