Prevalence of asthma and associated factors among schoolchildren in rural South India

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 120-125

  Dhabadi, Basavaraj B ^a   Athavale, A ^a   Meundi, A ^a   Rekha, R ^a   Suruliraman, M ^a   Shreeranga, A ^a   Gururaj, S ^a  

^a KVG Medical College and Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Asthma; Prevalence; Rural schoolchildren; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; FUEL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAT; CHIMNEY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 84555177573     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.11.0195     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Speight A N P, Lee D A, Hey E N. Underdiagnosis and undertreatment of asthma in childhood. BMJ 1983; 286: 1253-1254.
2. Cuijpers C, Wesseling G J, Swaen G M H, Sturmans F, Wouters E F M. Asthma related symptoms and lung functions in primary schoolchildren. J Asthma 1994; 31: 301-312.
3. Siersted H C, Boldsen J, Hansen H S, Mostguard G. Population based study of risk factors for underdiagnosis of asthma in adolescence: Odense school child study. BMJ 1998; 316: 651-657.
4. Kuhnl C E, Sennhauser F H. The Yentl syndrome in childhood asthma: risk factors for under-treatment in Swiss children. Pediatr Pulmonol 1995; 19: 156-160.
5. Law K W, Ng K K, Yuen K N. Detecting asthma and bronchial hyper-responsiveness in children. Hong Kong Med J 2000; 6: 99-104.
6. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Government of India. Census India 2011: provisional population totals. Paper 1 of 2011 India. Series 1: 93. New Delhi, India: Government of India, 2011. http://censusindia.gov.in/2011- prov-results/data-files/karnataka/7-PPT%20Paper%201%202011%20Karnata ka-literacy85-98.pdf Accessed October 2011.
7. Sarva Shikshan Abhiyan Mission Karnataka, Ministry of Education, Government of Karnataka. Annual report 2008-09: 45. Bangalore, India: Government of Karnataka, 2009. http://ssakarnataka.gov.in/pdfs/media-doc/annualreport-08- 09.pdf Accessed October 2011.
8. Sigurdur T S, Joel N K. School proximity to concentrated animal feeding operations and prevalence of asthma in students. Chest 2006; 129: 1486-1491.
9. Vishwanathan R, Prasad M, Thakur A K, et al. Epidemiology of asthma in an urban population: a random morbidity survey. J Indian Med Assoc 1966; 46: 480-483.
10. Ozkaragoz K, Cakin F. Atopic children in Turkey. Ann Allergy 1969; 27: 13-17.
11. Pearson R S B. Asthma in Barbados. Clin Allergy 1973; 3: 289-297.
12. Asch A J, Rabin D L, Hurwitz A, Medalie J M. Bronchial asthma in an Israeli community. Israel J Med Sci 1973; 9: 104-121.
13. Bangham C R M, Hope R A. Exercise induced asthma in Nepalese children. Clin Allergy 1981; 11: 273-280.
14. Woolcock A J, Konthen P G, Sedgwick C. Bronchial reactivity of schoolchildren in an Indonesian village. Bull Int Union Tuberc 1982; 57 (2): 266-273.
15. Woolcock A J, Dowse G K, Temple K, Stanley H, Alpers M P, Turner K J. The prevalence of asthma in the South-Fore people of Papua New Guinea: a method for field studies of bronchial hyper-reactivity. Eur J Respir Dis 1983; 64: 571-581.
16. Hseih K H, Shen J J. Prevalence of childhood asthma in Taipei, Taiwan, and other Asian Pacific countries. J Asthma 1988; 25: 73-82.
17. Singh D, Sobti P C, Arora V, Soni R K. Epidemiological study of asthma in rural children. Indian J Comm Med 2002; 27: 167-170.
18. Singh D, Arora V, Sobti P C. Chronic/recurrent cough in rural children 33 in Ludhiana, Punjab. Indian Pediatr 2002; 39: 23-29.
19. Paramesh H. Epidemiology of asthma in India. Indian J Pediatr 2002; 69: 309-312.
20. Chhabra S K, Gupta C K, Chhabra P, Rajpal S. Prevalence of bronchial asthma in schoolchildren in Delhi. J Asthma 1998; 35: 291-296.
21. Gergen P J, Mullally D I, Evans R. National survey of prevalence of asthma among children in the United States, 1976 to 1980. Pediatrics 1988; 81: 1-17.
22. Milne G A. The incidence of asthma in Lower Hutt. NZ Med J 1969; 70: 27-29.
23. Verity C M, Van H B, Carswell F, Hughes A O. Bronchial liability and skin reactivity in siblings of asthmatic children. Arch Dis Child 1984; 59: 871-876.
24. Sibbald B, Horn M E C, Brain E A, Gregg I. Genetic factors in childhood asthma. Thorax 1980; 35: 671-674.
25. Pakhale S, Wooldrage K, Manfreda J, Anthonisen N. Prevalence of asthma symptoms in 7th and 8th grade schoolchildren in rural region in India. J Asthma 2008; 45: 117-122.