Prevalence of asthma and associated factors among schoolchildren in rural South India

Abstract

In the present study, the prevalence of questionnaire-diagnosed asthma in the study group was 4.9%. Of the total number of schoolchildren with asthma, 17 (58.6%) were detected who had not been diagnosed previously. One third of the children with asthma had visited emergency departments in the last 12 months, indicative of poor asthma control. Another third suffered limitation of activity at home and or at school, which could indicate poor quality of life.