Asthma-related health services and asthma control among women in Puerto Rico.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study evaluates social, behavioral, and environmental determinants to differentiate between active and inactive asthma and how predisposing, enabling, and need factors elucidate asthma-related health services and asthma control among women in Puerto Rico.

Methods

This study analyzed secondary cross-sectional data from a subsample of 625 adult females who participated in the Asthma Call Back Survey in Puerto Rico. Logistic and multinomial regression analyses were conducted to examine associations between explanatory variables and asthma outcomes.

Results

In total, 63% of women reported active asthma, from which 37.9% have not well controlled or very poorly controlled asthma. Women with active asthma were significantly more likely to be out of work, have

SUBMITTER: Ortiz-Rivera MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5952275 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature