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- Title
Assessment of obstructive airway disease in the multicenter SWORD survey India.
- Authors
Singh, Sheetu; Sharma, Bharat Bhushan; Sharma, Arvind Kumar; Singh, Nishtha; Singh, Aradhana; Sharma, Krishna Kumar; Mahmood, Tariq; Samaria, Kumar Utsav; Sundaramurthy, A.; Kant, Surya; Singh, Tejraj; Koul, Parvaiz A.; Singh, Virendra
- Abstract
Background and Objectives: The study aimed to assess the control of asthma and the severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and evaluate the adequacy of treatment in patients presenting to the outpatient department (OPD) across India. The secondary aim was to assess the risk factors associated with poorly controlled asthma and severe COPD. Materials and Methods: This is the analysis of Phase IV of the multicenter questionnaire-based point prevalence SWORD survey, conducted in May 2018, and designed to capture details on disease control and treatment as per the global initiative for asthma and the global initiative for chronic obstructive lung disease guidelines. Results: Of the 5,311 respiratory disease patients presenting to the OPD, there were 1,419 and 412 patients with asthma and COPD, respectively, across 290 sites in India. There were 1,022 (72%) patients having well-controlled asthma, 293 (20.6%) patients with partly controlled asthma, and 104 (7.4%) patients with poorly controlled asthma. Of the 412 patients with COPD, there were 307 (74.5%) in A, 54 (13.1%) in B, and 51 (12.4%) in the E category. In spite of poor control or severe disease, 34.8% of asthmatic and 25.7% of patients in the B and E categories of COPD were not using any medicine. Risk factors for partly and poorly controlled asthma included rain wetting (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]: 1.59, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.02--2.47) and gastroesophageal reflux disease (AOR: 1.50, 95%CI: 1.08--2.10). Conclusion: This study identifies a gap in the treatment of both poorly controlled asthma and severe COPD. A substantial number of patients had poorly controlled asthma and severe COPD, and many were either not taking treatment or taking it inappropriately.
- Subjects
INDIA; OBSTRUCTIVE lung diseases; CHRONIC obstructive pulmonary disease; ASTHMATICS; RESPIRATORY diseases; ATOPY
- Publication
Lung India, 2024, Vol 41, Issue 5, p335
- ISSN
0970-2113
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_202_24