ReviewGhana medical journal2012
A review of epidemiological studies of asthma in Ghana.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Novel association between asthma and osteoarthritis: a nationwide health and nutrition examination survey.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2021Article
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- AcCystatin, an immunoregulatory molecule from Angiostrongylus cantonensis, ameliorates the asthmatic response in an aluminium hydroxide/ovalbumin-induced rat model of asthma.Parasitology research · 2015Article
- Risk factors associated with asthma, atopic dermatitis and rhinoconjunctivitis in a rural Senegalese cohort.Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2015Article
- Meteorological conditions, climate change, new emerging factors, and asthma and related allergic disorders. A statement of the World Allergy Organization.The World Allergy Organization journal · 2015Article
- Effects of meteorological factors on daily hospital admissions for asthma in adults: a time-series analysis.PloS one · 2014Article
- Establishing and sustaining research partnerships in Africa: a case study of the UK-Africa Academic Partnership on Chronic Disease.Globalization and health · 2012Article
- Ghana's burden of chronic non-communicable diseases: future directions in research, practice and policy.Ghana medical journal · 2012Article
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Abstract
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backgroundThe last few decades have witnessed a rise in the global prevalence of asthma with a number of risk factors being linked to this increase. Although there is insufficient data on the prevalence of asthma in Ghana, a few studies conducted in this country have shed light on the disease aetiology and associated risk factors. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION: The purpose of this review is to explore the literature on epidemiological studies on asthma carried out in Ghana and how these findings fit into the wider context of observations from other countries.
resultsAsthma research in Ghana has focused mainly on children between the ages of 5-16 years with one published study that included adults. Different markers for the disease have been used such as clinician-diagnosed asthma, exercise-induced bronchospasm (EIB) as well as questionnaire-derived symptoms of asthma. Factors found to be associated with asthma in Ghana include atopic sensitisation to environmental allergens, inner-city residence and socioeconomic differences. Other implicated factors are family history of asthma, sib-ship position, breast-feeding duration and helminth infections.
conclusionsFuture research in Ghana must establish the burden of disease among all age-groups as well as clearly differentiate between allergic and non-allergic asthma. Studies are also needed to examine the role of environmental air pollutants on the disease's pathogenesis.
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