Publication: Asthma symptomatics school children of Sonapur
| creativeworkseries.issn | 1812-2027 | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pokharel, PK | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pokharel, P | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bhatta, NK | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pandey, RM | |
| dc.contributor.author | Erkki, K | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-07-29T06:34:32Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-07-29T06:34:32Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
| dc.description | PK Pokharel Department of Community Medicine and Paediatrics, BPKIHS P Pokharel Department of Community Medicine and Paediatrics, BPKIHS NK Bhatta Department of Community Medicine and Paediatrics, BPKIHS Pandey RM Department of Biostatistics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences K Erkki Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland | |
| dc.description.abstract | Abstract Background: Bronchial asthma is one of the most common illnesses in children. Factors influencing development of asthma have not been studied in rural population. Materials and methods: Two thousand school-going children from three schools of Sonapur VDC, Sunsari in the surrounding of industries were screened for the presence of symptoms of asthma using a questionnaire suggested by International Study of Asthma and Allergy in Children (ISSAC). Results: One hundred twenty children were identified with symptoms of bronchial asthma. For each child with asthma two age and sex matched non-asthmatic control were selected from the study population. History, clinical examination and in-depth interview were carried out for all cases and controls. Factors associated with presence of symptoms of asthma on multivariate analysis were: passive smoking (OR 3.33, 95% CI 1.85-7.65), pets at home (OR 5.5, 95% CI 1.04-29.15), and absence of windows in living rooms (OR 4.03, 95% CI 1.17- 13.79). Factors such as family history of asthma, history of worm infestation, fuel used for cooking, location of kitchen and food allergy were not significant in statistical analysis. Conclusion: Thus, passive smoking, inadequate ventilation and domestic animals and pets (dogs and cats) at home are significant risk factors associated with presence of symptoms of asthma in these children. Key words: asthma; risk factors; passive smoking; domestic animals and pets; cross ventilation; childhood asthma | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/884 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Kathmandu University | |
| dc.title | Asthma symptomatics school children of Sonapur | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| local.article.type | Original Article | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 487 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 484 | |
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