ABSTRACT
Chronic respiratory diseases(CRD) remain a formidable challenge for public health experts acrossthe world due to their ever increasing morbidity and mortality. This study investigated various riskfactors for CRD among rural adults aged 20 years and above. The study was conducted in fourvillages under sub-health centre Domana in Kot Balwal health block and these villages wereselected randomly. For this cross-sectional population based study, a pre-tested respiratory healthquestionnaire was used. Those respondents who were found to be diagnosed cases of CRD werefurther enquired in detail about various risk factors for CRD. Out of 2018 respondents surveyed,177confirmed cases of CRD were detected.Various risk factors like being male, smoking, overcrowding,recurrent chest infections and use of non-clean fuel (wood, cow dung) were found to bestatistically significant. Among other risk factors, ventilation and history of allergy were found tobe highly significant statistically (p< 0.000). Smoking, recurrent chest infections, use of biomass fuel,ventilation and history of allergy were risk factors for CRD in rural adults aged 20 years andabove.