Seasonality of medical contacts in school-aged children with asthma: Association with school holidays

Public Health

Volumn 125, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 769-776

  Julious, S A ^a   Campbell, M J ^a   Bianchi, S M ^b   Murray Thomas, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c General Practice Research Database   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Inhaled corticosteroid; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ASTHMA; CHILD HEALTH; DATABASE; DRUG PRESCRIBING; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SEASONALITY; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANNIVERSARIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS; SCOTLAND; SEASONS; STUDENTS;

ENGLAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 81255199247     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Campbell M.J., Holgate S.T., Johnston S.L. Seasonality of asthma deaths. Br Med J 1997, 315:1012.
2. Storr J., Lenney W. School holidays and admissions with asthma. Arch Dis Child 1989, 64:103-107.
3. Grech V., Balzan M., Distefano S. Paediatric wheezy admissions at and around school holiday periods. Malta Med J 2004, 16:23-26.
4. Kimes D., Levine E., Timmins S., Weiss S.R. Temporal dynamics of emergency and hospital admissions of pediatric asthmatics. Environ Res 2004, 94:7-17.
5. Kimbell-Dunn M., Pearce N., Beasley R. Seasonal variation in asthma hospitalizations and deaths in New Zealand. Respirology 2000, 5:241-246.
6. Gergen P.J., Mitchel H., Lynn H. Understanding seasonal pattern of childhood asthma: results from the National Cooperative Inner City Asthma Study (NCICAS). J Pediatr 2002, 141:631-636.
7. Harju T., Keistinen T., Tuuponen T., Kivela S.L. Seasonal variation in childhood asthma hospitalisations in Finland, 1972-1992. Eur J Pediatr 1997, 156:436-439.
8. Julious S.A., Jiwa M., Osman L. Hospital asthma admissions in school age asthmatics associated with the return back to school. Public Health 2007, 121:482-484.
9. Sliverman R.A., Stevenson L., Hastings H.M. Age-related seasonal patterns of emergency department visits for acute asthma in an urban environment. Ann Emerg Med 2003, 42:577-587.
10. Fleming D.M., Cross K.W., Sunderland R., Ross A.M. Comparison of seasonal patterns of asthma identified in general practitioner episodes, hospital admission and deaths. Thorax 2000, 55:662-665.
11. Murray C.S., Poletti G., Kebadze T., Morris J., Woodcock A., Johnston S.L., et al. Study of modifiable risk factors for asthma exacerbations: virus infection and allergen exposure increase the risk of asthma hospital admissions in children. Thorax 2006, 61:376-382.
12. Cleveland W.S., Devlin S.J. Locally-weighted regression: an approach to regression analysis by local fitting. J Am Stat Assoc 1988, 83:596-610.
13. Johnston N.W., Johnston S.L., Duncan J.M., Duncan J.M., Greenea J.M., Kebadze T., et al. The September epidemic of asthma exacerbations in children: a search for etiology. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2005, 115:132-138.
14. Covar R.A., Szefler S.J., Zeiger R.S., Sorkness C.A., Moss M., Mauger D.T., et al. Factors associated with asthma exacerbations during a long-term clinical trial of controller medications in children. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2008, 122:741-747.