Risk Factors for Childhood Asthma Among School Age Children in Urban Semarang

Risk Factors for Childhood Asthma Among School Age Children in Urban Semarang

Dimas Tri Anantyo, MS Anam, Dwi Wastoro Dadiyanto

Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine Diponegoro University/

Dr. Kariadi Hospital Semarang

Background

Childhood asthma is one of asthma manifestation and usually influenced by multifactorial factors such as genetic and environmental. There are many risk factors for childhood asthma

Objective

To determine the risk factor for childhood asthma among school age children

Method

It was a cross-sectional. Subjects were children in a junior high school in Semarang who fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Data was taken on January 2012 using a questionnaire according to ISAAC, which were demographic characteristics, diagnosed asthma, exercise-induced wheezing, and nocturnal cough. The questionnaire was completed at the school by the children and researchers. Data was analyzed using the software SPSS for Windows v15.0, chi square was used in this study.

Results

Subjects: 553 children, 263 (47.6%) male and 290 (52.4%) female. Median age was 13.08. Prevalence of asthma was 12,2 %.  The risk factors for asthma were economic status (OR 0.42, 95% CI 0.19-0.94, P=0.035), asthma history of parents (OR 2.85, 95% CI 1.39-5.86, P=0.006), and allergy history of parents (OR 2.91, 95% CI 1.68-5.05, P=0.000).

Conclusion

Economic status, asthma history of parents and allergy history of parents of parents were the risk factors for childhood asthma among schoolage children.

Keywords

Childhood, Asthma, Clinical Manifestation, Risk Factors, School Age, Urban