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ISAAC-based asthma and atopic symptoms among Ha Noi school children by Nguyen Ngoc Nga; Sanders K. Chai; Ta Tuyet Bihn; Gregory Redding; Tim Takaro; Harvey Checkoway; Phan Han Son; Duong Khanh Van; Matthew Keifer; Le Van Trung; Scott Barnhart is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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Childhood asthma and atopy prevalence patterns in the developing world are only beginning to be defined. No such information exists for Vietnam. Estimates would assist in anticipating health service needs as well as add to the growing database on global patterns of atopy. To estimate the prevalence of atopic symptoms in school children in Ha Noi, Vietnam, a cross‐sectional survey was conducted of children aged 5‐ to 11‐years‐old in two schools using the parent self‐administered International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) questionnaire. The response rate was 66.4% (969 responses). The overall prevalence of selected symptoms were: ‘ever wheezed’ 24.9%, ‘wheezed in past 12 months’ 14.9%, ‘ever had asthma’ 12.1%, ‘doctor‐diagnosed asthma’ 13.9%, ‘ever experienced allergic rhinitis (AR) symptoms’ 34.9%, ‘AR‐conjunctivitis symptoms in past 12 months’ 10.7%, ‘ever had hay fever’ 7.8%, ‘doctor‐diagnosed hay fever’ 11.2%, ‘ever had eczema’ 3.3% and ‘doctor‐diagnosed eczema’ 3.2%. Kappa statistics demonstrated high within symptom category consistency for ‘ever had asthma/doctor‐diagnosed asthma’ (0.728) and ‘ever had eczema/doctor‐diagnosed eczema’ (0.906). Age and gende
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- Author
- Nguyen Ngoc Nga; Sanders K. Chai; Ta Tuyet Bihn; Gregory Redding; Tim Takaro; Harvey Checkoway; Phan Han Son; Duong Khanh Van; Matthew Keifer; Le Van Trung; Scott Barnhart
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley; Research Square (ISSN 0905-6157)
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)