Prevalencia, características clínicas y epidemiológicas del asma no controlado en Cantabria
- FERNANDEZ FONFRIA, JOSE RAMON
- Miguel Santibáñez Margüello Director
Defence university: Universidad de Cantabria
Fecha de defensa: 13 December 2016
- María Jesús Agudo Tirado Chair
- Luis A. Pérez de Llano Secretary
- Eva Martinez Moragon Committee member
Type: Thesis
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of asthma in Cantabria and factors associated with poor control. METHODOLOGY Retrospective cohort study. Excessive rescue medication was determined by the 'asthma medication ratio'. The uncontrolled asthma was defined as suffering at least one exacerbation (moderate, severe or very severe) and/or an ‘asthma medication ratio’<0.5. Sex, age, obesity, as well as the presence of comorbidities were treated as independent variables. RESULTS-CONCLUSIONS The prevalence of the diagnosis of asthma was 5.50%. Asthma was uncontrolled in 21.4% of the asthmatic patients. Psychiatric, cardiovascular disease, and chronic renal failure were independtly associated with an increased risk of poor control. Obesity and female gender were also associated with poorer asthma control, but this last association can be explained because women were older and because obesity was more prevalent among them. KEY WORDS: Asthma,Prevalence,Cantabria,Controll,Comorbidities,obesity,Sex