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Burden of asthma-like symptoms and a lack of recognition of asthma in Vietnamese children
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posted on 2023-02-09, 02:47 authored by H H T C Le, P Le An, N N Vinh, Robert Ware, D Phung, P K Thai, S Ranganathan, T N Dang, P H T Dung, D T H Thuong, H Phung, T T Hien, Peter SlyObjective: Lack of recognition of asthma in childhood results in unmet asthma treatment needs and leads to the risk of sub-optimal respiratory health. The present study assessed the prevalence of asthmatic under-recognition in middle school children in Vietnam. Methods: We conducted a school-based survey among 15,112 Vietnamese children. Most of them are aged from 13 to 14. Schools and students were recruited using multi-stage sampling. Respiratory symptoms were collected via self-report using a standardized tool from the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood. Under-recognition of asthma was defined as a presence of at least one asthma-like symptom but a negative response to having ever asthma. Associations were investigated using logistic regression. Results: Prevalence of asthma-like symptoms was 27.3% and prevalence of physician-diagnosed asthma was 8.5%. Over 80% of symptomatic children were not diagnosed with asthma. Under-recognition of asthma was found more in girls (adjusted odds ratio; aOR = 1.75; 95%CI: 1.54 to 1.98). Conclusions: Asthma is significantly under-recognized in Vietnamese middle-school children. Urgent action is required to improve the recognition of asthma in Vietnam.
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Journal of AsthmaPublisher DOI
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0277-0903eISSN
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