Admission rates as an indicator of the prevalence of severe asthma in the community

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dc.contributor.authorJalaludin, Bin
dc.contributor.authorChey, Tien
dc.contributor.authorHolmwood, Marvin
dc.contributor.authorChipps, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorHanson, Ralph
dc.contributor.authorCorbett, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorLeeder, Stephen
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-17T10:24:14Z
dc.date.available2014-12-17T10:24:14Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: A reliable indicator of the prevalence of severe asthma in the community is needed to monitor population-based asthma control strategies. We examined the potential use of asthma admissions to hospital as such an indicator. METHODS: We recruited subjects from the Emergency Department (ED) of a children's hospital. The attending doctor completed the 'physician questionnaire' which included questions on the patient's asthma severity and interval severity/chronicity of asthma. The parent/guardian completed the 'parent questionnaire'. It included questions on demography, asthma knowledge and attitudes, asthma history and social support. We performed univariate and multiple logistic regression to determine predictors for hospital admission. RESULTS: Interval severity of asthma, pre-treatment severity of wheeze and low post-treatment pulse oximetry best predicted whether children presenting with asthma were admitted. Demographic variables, factors associated with access to health services and factors related to the asthma history and management were not significant predictors of admission. DISCUSSION: At the population level, it may be possible to utilise routine hospital admission rates as an indicator of the prevalence of severe asthma in the community, especially within the context of monitoring trends in asthma prevalence. Our study was conducted in a metropolitan tertiary paediatric hospital. The reliability of hospital admission rates as indicators of the prevalence of severe asthma in other hospital settings, in different population groups and over time remains to be established.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationJalaludin, B. et al. (1998). Admission rates as an indicator of the prevalence of severe asthma in the community. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 22 (2): 214-219en_US
dc.identifier.otherESSN: 1753-6405
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/1323
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.rightsThis is an author final version of an article published by Wiley. It may be freely used and distributed with acknowledgement of source.
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-842X.1998.tb01175.x
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectAsthmaen_US
dc.subjectAustraliaen_US
dc.titleAdmission rates as an indicator of the prevalence of severe asthma in the communityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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