Prevalence and factors associated with asthma among adolescents and adults in Uganda
| العنوان: | Prevalence and factors associated with asthma among adolescents and adults in Uganda |
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| المؤلفون: | Marike Boezen, Thys van der Molen, Corina de Jong, Samuel Kasozi, Bruce Kirenga, Levicatus Mugenyi, Winceslaus Katagira, Moses R. Kamya |
| المساهمون: | Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), Life Course Epidemiology (LCE) |
| المصدر: | BMC Public Health, 19:227. BMC BMC Public Health BMC Public Health, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2019) |
| بيانات النشر: | BMC, 2019. |
| سنة النشر: | 2019 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | 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 |
| الوصف: | 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 |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1471-2458 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::a13e5e4a8bdee30ea87227c2fd99a4c5Test https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6562-2Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....a13e5e4a8bdee30ea87227c2fd99a4c5 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 14712458 |
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