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- Title
Inhaler use in adolescents and adults with self-reported physician-diagnosed asthma, bronchitis, or emphysema in the city of Pelotas, Brazil.
- Authors
de Oliveira, Paula Duarte; Baptista Menezes, Ana Maria; Dâmaso Bertoldi, Andréa; Wehrmeister, Fernando César
- Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the characteristics of users of inhalers and the prevalence of inhaler use among adolescents and adults with self-reported physician-diagnosed asthma, bronchitis, or emphysema. Methods: A population-based study conducted in the city of Pelotas, Brazil, involving 3,670 subjects ≥ 10 years of age, evaluated with a questionnaire. Results: Approximately 10% of the sample reported at least one of the respiratory diseases studied. Among those individuals, 59% reported respiratory symptoms in the last year, and, of those, only half reported using inhalers. The use of inhalers differed significantly by socioeconomic status (39% and 61% for the lowest and the highest, respectively, p = 0.01). The frequency of inhaler use did not differ by gender or age. Among the individuals reporting emphysema and inhaler use, the use of the bronchodilator-corticosteroid combination was more common than was that of a bronchodilator alone. Only among the individuals reporting physician-diagnosed asthma and current symptoms was the proportion of inhaler users higher than 50%. Conclusions: In our sample, inhalers were underutilized, and the type of medication used by the individuals who reported emphysema does not seem to be in accordance with the consensus recommendations.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; INHALERS; SELF-evaluation; ASTHMA diagnosis; BRONCHITIS; PULMONARY emphysema; DISEASE prevalence
- Publication
Brazilian Journal of Pulmonology / Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2013, Vol 39, Issue 3, p287
- ISSN
1806-3713
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/S1806-37132013000300005