Prevalence and factors associated with asthma among adolescents and adults in Uganda

Autor: Marike Boezen, Thys van der Molen, Corina de Jong, Samuel Kasozi, Bruce Kirenga, Levicatus Mugenyi, Winceslaus Katagira, Moses R. Kamya
Přispěvatelé: Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), Life Course Epidemiology (LCE)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Male
Rural Population
DISEASE
Pulmonary Disease
Chronic Obstructive
0302 clinical medicine
Risk Factors
Smoke
Surveys and Questionnaires
Epidemiology
Odds Ratio
Prevalence
Uganda
030212 general & internal medicine
Family history
Lung
2. Zero hunger
medicine.diagnostic_test
lcsh:Public aspects of medicine
Incidence (epidemiology)
Smoking
1. No poverty
Middle Aged
3. Good health
Female
medicine.symptom
Research Article
Adult
Spirometry
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
030209 endocrinology & metabolism
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
FEV1/FVC ratio
AGE
Wheeze
Hypersensitivity
medicine
Humans
Aged
Asthma
business.industry
Urbanization
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
CHILDHOOD ASTHMA
lcsh:RA1-1270
Odds ratio
medicine.disease
REFERENCE VALUES
respiratory tract diseases
Biofuels
RISK-FACTORS
business
Demography
Zdroj: BMC Public Health, 19:227. BMC
BMC Public Health
BMC Public Health, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2019)
ISSN: 1471-2458
Popis: Background Recent large-scale population data on the prevalence of asthma and its risk factors are lacking in Uganda. This survey was conducted to address this data gap. Methods A general population based survey was conducted among people ≥12 years. A questionnaire was used to collect participants socio-demographics, respiratory symptoms, medical history, and known asthma risk factors. Participants who reported wheeze in the past 12 months, a physician diagnosis of asthma or current use of asthma medications were classified as having asthma. Asthmatics who were ≥ 35 years underwent spirometry to determine how many had fixed airflow obstruction (i.e. post bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in one second/forced vital capacity (FEV1/FVC) ratio
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