Prevalence and Correlates of Low PEFR among non-smoking tribal adults of Kandhamal district in Odisha: a cross sectional field study
Journal Title: National Journal of Research in Community Medicine - Year 2016, Vol 0, Issue 0
Abstract
Introduction: The primary cause of obstructive lung disease is tobacco smoke. However, this disease is more than a “smoker’s cough”. This study was conducted with the objective to estimate the prevalence of various risk factors, excluding tobacco smoke, and their associations with decreased PEFR among tribal population of Kandhamal district. Methodology: This was a cross sectional field study conducted among tribal villages of Kandhamal district of Odisha. Biophysical measurements were made and sociodemographic data obtained and analysed. Binary Logistic regression was used to calculate Odds ratio in multivariate analysis. Results: There were 34 males and 65 females included in the study. A majority of the study population (61.6%) lived in Kaccha houses. Literacy rate was 33%.Among the respondents, 24.2%, 39.4% and 36.4% belonged to lower, lower middle and middle socio-economic status respectively PEFR was decreased in 25.3 % cases. Reduced PEFR was significantly associated with raised blood pressure, reduction in chest expansion and use of biomass as fuel. Incidence of ARI was more when PEFR was decreased and also among biomass fuel users. The odds of having low PEFR were significantly high (OR=5.9) among households using biomass fuel. There was no significant difference between the PEFR and BMI. Home maker women had significantly increased odds (OR=5.88) of developing low PEFR. Conclusion: PEFR is a non-invasive, inexpensive, screening test that can be used as an early indicator of respiratory damage caused by exposure to air pollutants.
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Jaya Singh Kshatri, Nivedita Karmee, Tripathy R. M.
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