The real conditions and the number of factors related to asthmatic patients in Quoc Tuan commune - An Lao district and Hong Thai commune - An Duong district in Hai Phong city - Vietnam
Journal Title: JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL VENTILATION AND PULMONOLOGY - Year 2018, Vol 9, Issue 29
Abstract
We conducted a cross-sectional survey in August 2013 on the status of bronchial asthma in Quoc Tuan community in An Lao district, Hong Thai commune, An Duong district, Hai Phong. By the total sampling method, the study conducted 4,477 families, 11,972 people over 16 years of age; 5,768 men and 6,204 women were surveyed directly in the household, combined with medical examination, detection and in-depth interviews of 455 patients. The results are: - The prevalence of asthma in adults is 3.80%, the proportion of women is higher than in men (3.54% and 4.05% p <0.05). The disease can occur at any age, patients with local allergy (38.0%) or with relatives with asthma (35.4%), asthma triggers appear Including allergies: weather change (83.7%), stress 48.6%, cold (41.1%), respiratory infections, smoke, dust, food .- Rate severe asthma in third and fourth grade patients accounted for 15.1%. The severity of asthma is related to male sex, over age 60, disease that lasts for more than 5 years, no prophylaxis and health education communication; The difference was statistically significant with p <0.05. Over age 60 and older tended to be less likely to have asthma control than those who were younger and had more controlled prophylaxis than non-drug users; The difference was statistically significant with p <0.05.
Authors and Affiliations
Pham Huy Quyen
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP570753
- DOI 10.12699/jfvpulm.9.29.2018.1
- Views 58
- Downloads 0
Knowledge and attitudes of the students of the Niamey Faculty of Health Sciences on tobacco
During these last 10 years we note a growing consumption of the tobacco especially that of chicha by the young Nigeriens. This pushed us to do this work. It was a prospective cross-sectional study over 20 months (January...
Epidemiological, diagnostic, therapeutic and progressive aspects of severe acute asthma at CHU Sylvanus Olympio de Lome
Introduction. Severe Acute Asthma (SAA) is a health and morbidity-mortality problem in a pulmonology environment. The objective of this study was to determine the epidemiological characteristics of the AAG in Lomé and to...
Pleuropulmonary lesions of connective tissue diseases in a resource-limited country
Introduction. In Africa, pleuropulmonary disorders of connective tissue diseases are under diagnosed and sometimes diagnosed late. Our study aims to describe the epidemiological, clinical and paraclinical aspects of pulm...
Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) in children: Fact and Challenge
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a continuous and repetitive episode of partial or complete obstruction of the upper respiratory tract during sleep resulting in complete hypopnea or apnea although these subjects still ha...
Histiocytic sarcoma with exceptional pulmonary localization
Introduction. Histiocytic sarcoma is a very rare, aggressive tumor with a poor prognosis. Resulting from the proliferation of immunoregulatory cells. The use of immunohistochemistry and molecular biology techniques is es...