Prevalencia, características clínicas y epidemiológicas del asma no controlado en Cantabria

  1. FERNANDEZ FONFRIA, JOSE RAMON
Supervised by:
  1. Miguel Santibáñez Margüello Director

Defence university: Universidad de Cantabria

Fecha de defensa: 13 December 2016

Committee:
  1. María Jesús Agudo Tirado Chair
  2. Luis A. Pérez de Llano Secretary
  3. Eva Martinez Moragon Committee member

Type: Thesis

Teseo: 445937 DIALNET lock_openUCrea editor

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