Prevalence of Bronchial Asthma in Rural Indian Children: A Cross Sectional Study From EASTERN INDIA,BIHAR

DR.Rajiv Kumar; DR. Naresh

Volume : VII, Issue : VI, June - 2017

Prevalence of Bronchial Asthma in Rural Indian Children: A Cross Sectional Study From EASTERN INDIA,BIHAR

Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Dr. Naresh

Abstract :

Objective; To determine the prevalence and to study the socio–demographic correlates of onchial asthma among children aged 6–15 yr in the rural field practice area of the department of Pediatrics,JLNMCH,BHAGALPUR Methods. This is a cross sectional community based study conducted by interviewing the parents of randomly selected 559 children in the age group of 6 – 15 yr using an International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) questionnaire. Results. The prevalence of onchial asthma was found to be 10.3%. The prevalence of asthma was higher among boys (12.1%). There was a significant inverse linear trend with increasing age. A statistically significant association of onchial asthma with family history of asthma was also observed. There was no association of onchial asthma with socio– economic status or parents‘ literacy level. Conclusion. There is a high prevalence of onchial asthma among children with a higher prevalence among boys. There were significant inverse linear association with increasing age and also with family history of asthma.