Demographics, risk factors and prevalence of chronic cough in Asian general adult population: a narrative review.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Chronic cough is the most common medical problem for patients presenting to primary and secondary health care bringing a significant disease burden. Asia has the largest population size, with diverse cultures and environments. However, there is no comprehensive report of the prevalence, underlying causes, and disease burden of chronic cough among the general adult population in Asia. We therefore aimed to summarize the epidemiology of chronic cough in Asian general adult population.

Methods

A narrative search of PubMed database, the Cochrane Library, and Web of Science was performed by using medical theme title as the main and supplemented by free text words including "chronic cough", "chronic bronchitis", "longstanding cough", "persistent cough", "e

SUBMITTER: Yang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12170037 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature