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Avaliação do controle da asma em universitários no sul do Brasil / Evaluation of asthma control in university students in southern Brazil
Prieto, Fernanda Barros; Menezes, Ana Maria Baptista; Oliveira, Paula Duarte de.
  • Prieto, Fernanda Barros; Universidade Federal de Pelotas. Pelotas. BR
  • Menezes, Ana Maria Baptista; Universidade Federal de Pelotas. Pelotas. BR
  • Oliveira, Paula Duarte de; Universidade Federal de Pelotas. Pelotas. BR
Medicina (Ribeiräo Preto) ; 53(4)nov. 2020. tab
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: biblio-1354837
RESUMO
RESUMO

Objetivo:

Mensurar o nível de controle da asma em estudantes com relato de chiado no peito no último ano através do Asthma Control Test (ACT).

Método:

Estudo transversal descritivo realizado com ingressantes na Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel) em 2017, incluindo 1.865 universitários com 18 anos ou mais.

Resultados:

Cerca de 19% dos universitários apresentaram chiado no peito nos 12 meses que antecederam a entrevista. Destes, 14% apresentaram asma não controlada (ACT ≤18 pontos). A maior prevalência de asma não controlada foi observada no sexo feminino, em indivíduos com 24 anos ou mais, com a cor da pele parda, em um quarto dos universitários pertencentes às classes D e E, e naqueles que não fumam e não consomem bebida alcoólica.

Conclusão:

Apesar de a população estudada ser composta por universitários, observou-se uma prevalência expressiva de asma não controlada.
ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT

Objective:

To measure the level of asthma control in students who have reported wheezing in the last year throughthe Asthma Control Test (ACT).

Method:

A cross-sectional study was carried out with students for the University Federal of Pelotas (UFPel) in 2017, including 1865 university students aged 18 years or over.

Results:

About 19% of the interviewees reported wheezing in the last year. Of these, 14% had uncontrolled asthma (ACT ≤ 18 points).The highest prevalence of uncontrolled asthma was observed among females, in individuals aged 24 years or older, with brown skin color, in one quarter of university students in class D and E, and who did not smoke and did not consume alcohol.

Conclusion:

Although the population studied was composed by university students, a considerable percentage of them had uncontrolled asthma.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Asthma / Epidemiologic Studies / Respiratory Sounds / Student Health Type of study: Observational study / Prevalence study / Risk factors Limits: Adult / Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: South America / Brazil Language: Portuguese Journal: Medicina (Ribeiräo Preto) Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2020 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: Universidade Federal de Pelotas/BR

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Asthma / Epidemiologic Studies / Respiratory Sounds / Student Health Type of study: Observational study / Prevalence study / Risk factors Limits: Adult / Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: South America / Brazil Language: Portuguese Journal: Medicina (Ribeiräo Preto) Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2020 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: Universidade Federal de Pelotas/BR