Prevalence and Risk Factors of Dyspnea among General Population of Arar City, Kingdom Saudi Arabia
Journal Title: The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 72, Issue 2
Abstract
<span>Background: </span><span>Dyspnea is defined as the subjective experience of breathing discomfort. It is increasing by age and it is a common problem affecting up to half of patients admitted to acute, tertiary care hospitals and also affecting one quarter of ambulatory patients.</span><span>Study objective: </span><span>to determine the prevalence and risk factors of dyspnea among general population of Arar city, Northern Border Province, Saudi Arabia. </span><span>Methods: </span><span>This was a cross-sectional, community-based study. It was conducted on the general population of Arar city during the period from 1</span><span>st </span><span>October, 2015 to 30</span><span>th </span><span>June 2016.Data were collected using a predesigned online self- administered questionnaire covering all the needed items. </span><span>Results: </span><span>Dyspnea was reported in 35.2% of the study population. Causes of dyspnea reported in our study were mainly of unknown causes (38.6%), bronchial asthma (23.9%), allergy (22.7%), psychological causes (12.5%), cardiac causes (1.1%), and COPD (1.1%).It was more common among females as 44.8% of females reported dyspnea while it was reported in only 31.7% of males. Our study has also shown that dyspnea was most prevalent among the < 20 age group by ratio as 52.6% of them reported dyspnea. However, 36.1% of subjects aged between 20 and 40 have reported dyspnea. Precipitating causes of dyspnea were found to be mostly due to dust (30.7%), smoking (22.7%), climate changes (14.7%), nervousness (13.6%), specific food/ingested material (11.4%), and excess physical activities (6.8%). It was also founded in our study that 56.5% of participants with family history of dyspnea suffered from dyspnea. While 72.9% of those who did not have a family history of dyspnea did not suffer any dyspnea. </span><span>Conclusion: </span><span>Dyspnea was reported in 35.2% of Arar population. Our study showed that dyspnea was more common among females than males. large scale study with detailed investigations about causes and precipitating factors are required. </span>
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Eman Helal
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