Status-Que of Bronchial Asthma in Children in Akita Prefecture Report No.1, Present condition of bronchial asthma in elementary and junior high school pupils
10.2185/jjrm.32.964
- VernacularTitle:秋田県小児気管支喘息の実態
- Author:
Shioko Sasaki
;
Akiko Miura
;
Hisako Yoshida
;
Sachiko Sasaki
;
Mariko Anbo
;
Makiko Konno
;
Kieko Sasaki
;
Machiko Takahashi
;
Mariko Tanaka
;
Toshihiro Okamura
;
Hiroaki Sato
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine
1984;32(5):964-968
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
Our survey was conducted at 522 elementary schools and junior high schools in Akita prefecture in July 1981. Thus the survey was intended for 105, 137 elementary school pupils bnd 51, 029 junior high school pupils. Questionnaires were sent to teachers in charge at each school. The return rate of questionnaires wan 98.4 % for elementary school and 100.0 % for junior high school. The rate of bronchial asthma was 1.2 %(boy 1.5 %, girl 0.9 %) in elementary school pupils and 0.6 %(boy 0.8 %, girl 0.5 %) in junior high school pupils. The number of schools where pupils with bronchial asthma were found was 205 elementary schools (56.0 %) and 71 junior high schools (47.0 %). The rate of bronchial asthma in boys was greater than girls, by 1.7 times in case of elementary school and 1.6 times in junior high school. The rate of bronchial asthma in urban children was 1.2 %, while that in rural children was 0.8 %. Out of the children interpreted as bronchial asthma at the time of our survey 82.4 % of the elementary school children and 77.6 % of the junior high school children with bronchial asthma were or had been undergoing apropriate treatment. The rate of children who are absent from school due to asthma more than 10 days a year was 24.4 % in elementary school and 26.7 % in junior high school.
