Defining the risk factors for acute, subacute and chronic cough: a cross-sectional study in a Finnish adult employee population.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Chronic cough is linked to various long-standing risk factors like asthma, chronic rhinitis and oesophageal reflux disease. On the contrary, acute and subacute cough are usually considered to be caused by acute respiratory infections. Little is known about the possible long-standing risk factors for acute and subacute cough. In this study, we have identified the long-standing risk factors for acute, subacute and chronic cough in order to identify the risk factors specifically associated with chronic cough.

Design

A comprehensive 80-item questionnaire was sent via email to the participants.

Setting

A community-based study to all public service employees of two towns in central Finland.

Participants

There were 13 980 employees, of them 3697 responded (

SUBMITTER: Latti AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6082462 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature