A health survey on the influence of various factors in the development of childhood asthma.
Date of Publication
1998
Document Type
Bachelor's Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science in Biology
College
College of Science
Department/Unit
Biology
Abstract/Summary
A health survey on the influence of various factors in the development of childhood asthma was conducted among Filipino school children between the ages of 5-13 of Fe De Guzman Learning Center at Boston St. Brookside Hills Cainta, Rizal and Oranbo Public Elementary School at Barangay Oranbo, Pasig City. There was a total of 920 survey forms distributed and 513 (56%) of which were retrieved. Sixty-five (12.7%) were asthmatics. 446 (86.9%) were non-asthmatics, and two (0.4%) with invalid response. The various asthma influencing factors -family history/heredity, socioeconomic status, family size, infant milk diet, parental smoking and exposure to furs of pets in the house-did not show any significant relationship with asthma severity. However, a large percentage (72.31%) of the asthmatic subjects have first degree relatives with asthma indicating that heredity has a great influence on childhood asthma. The different factors were also compared among the asthmatics and the non-asthmatics. Only family history/heredity had a significant difference between the two groups (p<.05). The rest of the factors --socioeconomic status, family size, infant milk diet, parental smoking, and pets in the house--showed no significant difference between the asthmatics and the non-asthmatics. Asthma in early childhood appeared to be mainly influenced by heredity and that the other remaining factors presented no significant association with the occurrence of childhood asthma.
Abstract Format
html
Format
Accession Number
TU08409
Shelf Location
Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F Henry Sy Sr. Hall
Physical Description
29 leaves
Keywords
Health surveys; School children; Asthma in children; Bronchi -- Diseases
Recommended Citation
Perez, A. (1998). A health survey on the influence of various factors in the development of childhood asthma.. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/1581
