Observational studyBMC pulmonary medicine2018
Factors associated with asthma control: MOSAR study (Multicenter Observational Study of Asthma in Rabat-Morocco).
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- Pooled it
- Proteomic and Transcriptomic Signatures of Poor Asthma Symptom Control in the U-BIOPRED Cohort.Allergy · 2026Article
- Characteristics and management of patients attending primary asthma clinics in primary health care in the Kingdom of Bahrain: A cross-sectional study.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2025Article
- Evaluation and determinants of asthma control among adult patients with asthma attending the Johannesburg academic respiratory clinics: A cross-sectional study.African journal of thoracic and critical care medicine · 2025Article
- 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
- Socio-demographic characteristics of children and young adults with varied asthma control- does it make a difference?Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi · 2022Article
- Asthma control factors in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and the effectiveness of ICS/LABA fixed dose combinations: a dual rapid literature review.BMC public health · 2020Review
- Assessment of levels of asthma control among adult patients with asthma at Chitungwiza Central Hospital, Zimbabwe.Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2020Article
- Development of a framework for increasing asthma awareness in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe.Asthma research and practice · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe purpose of the study is to describe the profile of patients with asthma and to identify the signifiant risks and the protective factors associated with asthma control.
methodsA prospective epidemiological study was conducted in three hospitals of Rabat-Morocco and included 396 patients with asthma. Differences in characteristics across the levels of asthma control were compared by the one-way analysis of variance for continuous variables, and chi-square test was used for categorical variables. The risk and protective factors associated with the asthma control levels were determined by Proportional Odds Model (POM) for bivariate and multivariate ordinal logistic regression, also expressed as Odds Ratios (OR) and 95% Confidence Intervals (95% CI).
resultsFrom 7440 patients screened by 28 physicians, 396 were included in study. 53% of the particiants sufferd controlled, 18% had partly controlled and 29% had uncontrolled asthma symptoms. A multivariate ordinal logistic regression analysis showed that having respiratory infections (AOR = 5.71), suffering from concomitant diseases (AOR = 3.36) and being allergic to animals (AOR = 2.76) were positively associated with poor control of asthma. However, adherence to treatement (AOR = 0.07), possession of health insurance (AOR = 0.41) and having more than 2 children (AOR = 0.47) were associated with good asthma control.
conclusionThe study established a clinical-epidemiological profile of asthmatic patients in Rabat region in Morocco. By ordinal logistic regression we found that 6 factors - respiratory infections, concomitant diseases, animals allergy, adherence to treatment, health insurance and having more than two children - were associated with asthma control.
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