Change in the symptom profile treated as asthma - two cross-sectional studies twenty years apart.

ABSTRACT: AIMS:The aims of the study were to investigate prevalence trends of respiratory symptoms, asthma and asthma treatment among young adults in Estonia and to estimate changes in symptom profile among subjects who self-report asthma attacks or use asthma medications. METHODS:Two similar questionnaires on respiratory health were sent to subjects in Tartu, Estonia, aged between 20 and 44 years; first in 1993/94, and then in 2014/15. To study the impact of different respiratory symptoms on asthma diagnosis and treatment, the log-binomial regression was used to estimate the association between 'attack of asthma' (as a proxy for current asthma) and respiratory symptoms as well as asthma treatment and respiratory symptoms, adjusted for age, sex and smoking history. RESULTS:Self-reported prevalence o

SUBMITTER: Pindus M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6998351 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature