Risk Factors of Asthma Among Teens
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Asthma is a chronic disease caused by many risk factors. Many factors were assessed among this survey including age, gender, heredity, smoking, and environmental pollutants. Three schools of a total of one thousand one hundred students were selected to conduct the study. Fifty-one students were diagnosed asthmatics and fifty-one students were taken as control group. Same questionnaire was distributed to both cases and control as the method for this study. Results showed a greater prevalence among age group fifteen to eighteen years. No gender difference was discovered. 80% of the cases had one of their family members asthmatics. Molds and pets at home were the causative pollutants among asthmatics with an odd ratio of 5.4 and 2 respectively. Smoking showed no association while 50% of asthmatics had one of their parents a smoker. As a conclusion, asthma has many confounding variables that affect its prognosis among teens.
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Type | Thesis |
Acquisition | Proxy-submission |
Review Type | None: Degree-based Submission |
Format | Text-based Document |
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Evidence Level | Cross-Sectional |
Research Approach | Quantitative Research |
Keywords | Adolescents; Asthma; Chronic Diseases |
CINAHL Subject(s) | Asthma--In Adolescence; Asthma--Risk Factors; Chronic Disease; Asthma |
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Grantor | Independence University |
Year | 2006 |
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