Application of a novel socioeconomic measure using individual housing data in asthma research: an exploratory study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A housing-based socioeconomic index (HOUSES) was previously developed to overcome an absence of socioeconomic status (SES) measures in common databases. HOUSES is associated with child health outcomes in Olmsted County, Minnesota, USA, but generalisability to other geographic areas is unclear.

Aim

To assess whether HOUSES is associated with asthma outcomes outside Olmsted County, Minnesota, USA.

Methods

Using a random sample of children with asthma from Sanford Children's Hospital, Sioux Falls, SD, USA, asthma status was determined. The primary outcome was asthma control status using Asthma Control Test and a secondary outcome was risk of persistent asthma. Home address information and property data were merged to formulate HOUSES. Other SES measures were e

SUBMITTER: Harris MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4498187 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature