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Level of asthma control and risk factors for poor asthma control among clinic patients seen at a Referral Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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- The prevalence of asthma and its predictor among patients presetting in Ethiopian public hospitals: systematic review and meta-analysis, 2024.Therapeutic advances in respiratory diseasePooled it
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- Level of asthma control and its determinants among adults living with asthma attending selected public hospitals in northwestern, Ethiopia: using an ordinal logistic regression model.Asthma research and practice · 2022Article
- Factors associated with uncontrolled asthma among adult asthmatic patients in eastern Ethiopia: A multicenter study.SAGE open medicine · 2022Article
- Asthma Treatment Outcome and Factors Associated with Uncontrolled Asthma Among Adult Patients with Asthma in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Journal of asthma and allergy · 2022Article
- High Levels of Fine Particulate Matter (PMInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Self-care practice and associated factors among adult asthmatic patients on follow-up care at Northwest Amhara referral hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia 2020.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2021Article
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- Factors Associated with Suboptimal Control of Asthma among Adult Asthma Patients: A Cross-sectional Study.The open respiratory medicine journal · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveUncontrolled asthma negatively impacts patients, families, and the community. The level of symptom control among asthmatics in Ethiopia has not been well studied. We investigated the level of asthma control and risk factors for poor asthma control in clinic patients seen in the largest public hospital in Ethiopia.
resultsIn this cross-sectional study, we studied all 182 consecutive subjects with a physician diagnosis of asthma who were seen in chest clinic at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital between July and December 2015. Of the 182 subjects, 68.1% were female. The mean age was 52 ± 12 years and the median duration of asthma was 20 ± 12.7 years. One hundred and seventeen subjects (64.3%) had nighttime awakening due to asthma. Fifty-eight (31%) were not using controller medications and 62 (34.6%) had improper inhaler technique. Only 44 (24.2%) subjects had well-controlled asthma. On multivariate analysis, variables associated with uncontrolled asthma included: use of biomass fuel for cooking, longer duration of asthma (> 30 year), incorrect inhalation technique, and asthma exacerbation in the last 12 months. Most asthmatics attending in the largest public hospital in Ethiopia, had uncontrolled asthma. Several risk factors for poor asthma control were identified. Improved asthma control is possible through directed interventions.
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