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KMID : 1039620180080040623
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Korean Journal of Family Practice
2018 Volume.8 No. 4 p.623 ~ p.625
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Risk Factors for Acute Exacerbation on Asthma in Adult Patient Admissioned at Hospital
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Jang Se-Jung
Seok Kyo-Jin
Shin Kwang-Hyun
Park Jun-Beom
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Abstract
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Background: Asthma exacerbations are caused by various risk factors. Available information suggests that women are more frequently and more severely affected with asthma. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the risk factors for asthma exacerbations in female adult patients.
Methods: An unmatched case-control study involving 53 cases and 45 controls was conducted from January to December 2015. Female asthmatic patients with exacerbations admitted to the Kwak’s Hospital emergency unit were selected as cases. The controls were patients with asthma recruited from the outpatient department who had not experienced an exacerbation in the past. The study variables were age, age at diagnosis, initial forced expiratory volume in one second, upper respiratory tract infections, smoking, use of corticosteroids, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular accident, allergy, and hysterectomy. Bivariate statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS version 20 (IBM Co.) to identify the risk factors for exacerbations.
Results: No significant P-value was observed in hysterectomy and menopause; however, significant P-value was found in the upper respiratory infection in the bivariate linguistic analysis.
Conclusion: In female patients who experienced exacerbation, further research on the influence of sex hormones such as
hysterectomy or menopausal status should be conducted in the future.
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KEYWORD
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Asthma Exacerbation, Adult Female Patients, Risk Factors, Hysterectomy, Menopause, Upper Respiratory Tract Infection
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