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Asthma prevalence in adolescent students from a Portuguese primary and secondary school

dc.contributor.authorFlores, Pedro Miguel
dc.contributor.authorTeixeira, José Eduardo
dc.contributor.authorLeal, Anna Kosmider
dc.contributor.authorBranquinho, Luís
dc.contributor.authorFonseca, Rui Brito
dc.contributor.authorSilva-Santos, Sandra
dc.contributor.authorBatista, Amanda
dc.contributor.authorEncarnação, Samuel
dc.contributor.authorMonteiro, A.M.
dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, Joana
dc.contributor.authorForte, Pedro
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-06T12:18:55Z
dc.date.available2023-01-06T12:18:55Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractAsthma is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases worldwide, with a considerable increase, especially in children. It is considered the main cause of childhood morbidity, school absenteeism, and limitations in sports practice. The causes are multifactorial, and their prevalence varies from region to region, thus verifying a great disparity in the estimates of the prevalence of asthma. In this sense, the objective of this study is to investigate the prevalence of asthma, its control, as well as the frequency of associated symptoms, in adolescents who attended the 3rd cycle of basic education and secondary education in schools in the municipalities of Paços de Ferreira, Paredes, and Penafiel. The sample consisted of 1222 (587 males and 635 females) (p = 0.17) aged between 12 and 17 years. The instruments used to diagnose asthma-associated symptoms were the standard questionnaire of the “International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood—ISAAC” and to check whether asthma was controlled, the “Test for Asthma Control” questionnaire was used. The results reveal a high prevalence of adolescents with asthma (8.9%) with a significant percentage that did not have the disease under control (38%). There was also a considerable percentage of adolescents who, despite not having asthma, have many symptoms associated with the disease. These results may be associated with environmental factors.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research is supported by the Higher Institute of Educational Sciences of the Douro and by national funding through the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., under the project UID04045/2020pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.citationFlores, Pedro; Teixeira, José Eduardo; Leal, Anna Kosmider; Branquinho, Luís; Fonseca, Rui Brito; Silva-Santos, Sandra; Batista, Amanda; Encarnação, Samuel; Monteiro, A.M.; Ribeiro, Joana; Forte, Pedro (2022). Asthma prevalence in adolescent students from a Portuguese primary and secondary school. Adolescents. eISSN 2673-705. 2, p. 381-388pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/adolescents2030029pt_PT
dc.identifier.eissn2673-7051
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/26378
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherMDPIpt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectAdolescentspt_PT
dc.subjectAsthmapt_PT
dc.subjectPrevalencept_PT
dc.subjectSchoolpt_PT
dc.titleAsthma prevalence in adolescent students from a Portuguese primary and secondary schoolpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage388pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage381pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleAdolescentspt_PT
oaire.citation.volume2pt_PT
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