Evaluating the effect of childhood and adolescence asthma on the household economy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the relationship between asthma control, family income and family costs of asthma in a population of children-adolescents; to detail the family costs of asthma in this age range; and to compare asthma costs for the families of children-adolescents and adults.

Methods

The authors invited asthmatic subjects who attended a scheduled spirometry test at the Jundiaí School of Medicine (FMJ). The FMJ performs all spirometry tests requested by staff physicians who serve at the public healthcare system in the municipality. Volunteers responded to the ACQ, the Asthma Family Costs Questionnaire and underwent a spirometry test.

Results

The authors included 342 children-adolescents. Families of children-adolescents taking maintenance therapy and families of t

SUBMITTER: Soares LON 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9510812 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature