Assessment of Demographic Details and Smoking Index in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients and Correlation of Disease Severity with Smoking Profile
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research Professionals - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
Background: People with COPD do not recognize that they have this condition and yet would benefit greatly from stopping smoking, it is crucial to identify the prevalence of undiagnosed COPD among smokers. Hence, the present study was undertaken to assess socioeconomic status and demographic details among smokers to identify the risk factors contributing to the prevalence of undiagnosed COPD. Material and Methods: The present study was conducted among 400 smokers, active or ex with smoking index of 100 or more. At the outset, each case was subjected to detailed medical history including solving up of a pre-designed questionnaire on COPD, followed by general physical and systemic examination and laboratory investigations. The Chi-square Test was applied to find the statistical significance with p value of less than 0.05 was considered as statistically significant value. Results: 135 subjects were of 40-50 years age , 113 of 60-70 years of age and 49 subjects of ≥ 70 years of age group. Maximum subjects were found in 40-50 years age group. Out of 400 subjects 283 (70%) were smoking bidi, 85(21%) cigarette, 10 (3%) hukkah, 22 (6%) were using more than one type of tobacco smoking devices. The subjects were classified according to their smoking index level into mild, moderate and heavy smoking categories. 41 (10.5%) belonged to mild category, 130 (32.5%) belonged to moderate category and 229 (57.5%) belong to heavy smoking category. A total of 225 (56%) subjects were ex-smokers and 175 (44%) are current smokers. Conclusion: The chances of developing COPD increases with the increasing age. Relatively lesser subjects developed COPD in 4th decade of life; however prevalence increased with the 5th decade onwards. Mild and moderate smokers with lowering smoking index have lesser chances of developing COPD as compared with to heavy smokers with high smoking index.
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Dr. Kiranjit, A. K. Janmeja, V. K. Saini, Husan Pal
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- EP ID EP548115
- DOI 10.21276/ijmrp.2017.3.3.054
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