dc.contributor.author | DEBUSE, P | |
dc.contributor.author | ABDULRAZZAQ, YM | |
dc.contributor.author | BENER, Abdulbari | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-03-05T13:34:21Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-03-05T13:34:21Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1995 | |
dc.identifier.citation | ABDULRAZZAQ Y., BENER A., DEBUSE P., "PET OWNERSHIP IN THE UAE - ITS EFFECT ON ALLERGY AND RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS", JOURNAL OF ASTHMA, cilt.32, ss.117-124, 1995 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0277-0903 | |
dc.identifier.other | vv_1032021 | |
dc.identifier.other | av_b2e12d14-14e2-409e-ba4a-4307e97b4b39 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12627/119139 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.3109/02770909509083232 | |
dc.description.abstract | The aim of this paper was to study the effect of pers and other domestic animals on bronchial asthma among United Arab Emirates (UAE) schoolchildren aged 6-14 years. A cross-sectional study of 850 schoolchildren living in both urban and rural areas (average age 9.36 +/- 2.11 years, 46.8% boys and 53.2% girls) was conducted using self-administered questionnaires between October 1992 and May 1993. Prevalence rate for asthma, rhinitis, wheeze, cough, and eczema in children from families with and without animals were investigated. A total of 40.7% of families studied were found to keep animals in their homes. Children from families with animals were found to have a significantly higher prevalence rate of respiratory symptoms than those without. The prevalence rate for asthma in children with animals was found to be twice that of children without (RR: 2.03; 95% Cl: 1.40-2.951. The risk of having chronic cough (RR: 1.93; 95% Cl: 1.21-3.10), breathlessness/chest tightness (RR: 2.53; 95% Cl: 1.59-4.02), chronic wheeze (RR: 2.10; 95% Cl: 1.20-3.67), allergic rhinitis (RR: 1.53; 95% Cl: 1.17-2.00) was significantly higher in children with animals than in children without. Similarly, the risk of having eczema (RR: 2.55; 95%, Cl: 1.74-3.75) was significantly higher among children with animals than among those without. Overall, there was a highly statistically significant difference in the prevalence of asthma, wheeze, nocturnal cough, eczema and rhinitis between children in families with animals and those without (p < 0.0001). It is concluded that unlike what is alleged to be known, a large proportion of the national population (40.7%) kept animals at home, and that was an important aggravating factor, which should be considered in the management of asthma in the UAE. | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.subject | Göğüs Hastalıkları ve Allerji | |
dc.subject | SOLUNUM SİSTEMİ | |
dc.subject | Tıp | |
dc.subject | Sağlık Bilimleri | |
dc.subject | Dahili Tıp Bilimleri | |
dc.subject | Klinik Tıp (MED) | |
dc.subject | Klinik Tıp | |
dc.subject | ALERJİ | |
dc.title | PET OWNERSHIP IN THE UAE - ITS EFFECT ON ALLERGY AND RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS | |
dc.type | Makale | |
dc.relation.journal | JOURNAL OF ASTHMA | |
dc.contributor.department | , , | |
dc.identifier.volume | 32 | |
dc.identifier.issue | 2 | |
dc.identifier.startpage | 117 | |
dc.identifier.endpage | 124 | |
dc.contributor.firstauthorID | 96547 | |