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- Prevalence of asthma symptoms by the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) written questionnaire (N=2891).
Asthma symptoms Yes No n (%) Wheeze (ever) 260 (8.99) 2631 (91.01) Wheeze (12-month prevalence) 122 (4.22) 2769 (95.78) Severe asthma (12-month prevalence) 39 (1.35) 2852 (98.65) - Table 2
- Relationship between knowledge level and demographic factors among asthmatic schoolchildren (N=214).
Variables n Knowledge P-value Low (<11 marks) Moderate (11-22 marks) High (>22 marks) n (%) Gender Male 96 77 (80.2) 18 (18.8) 1 (1.0) 0.32 Female 118 100 (84.7) 14 (11.9) 4 (3.4) Age 13 93 73 (78.5) 16 (17.2) 4 (4.3) 0.28 14 121 104 (86.0) 16 (13.2) 1 (0.8) Race Malay 149 135 (90.6) 11 (7.4) 3 (2.0) <0.001 Indian 44 27 (61.4) 15 (34.1) 2 (4.5) Chinese 20 14 (70.0) 6 (30.0) 0 (0) Others 1 1 (100) 0 (0.0) 0 (0) Are there other family members of yours who have asthma? No 158 133 (84.2) 21 (13.3) 4 (2.5) 0.05 Yes 56 44 (78.6) 11 (19.6) 1 (1.8) What types of medication do you use to treat asthma? Inhaler 101 86 (85.1) 13 (12.9) 2 (2.0) 0.19 Oral medications 67 58 (86.6) 7 (10.4) 2 (3.0) Not applicable 46 33 (71.7) 12 (26.1) 1 (2.2) Asthma knowledge levels n Minimum or no impairment (>6) Moderate impairment (3-5.9) Severe impairment (<3) P-value n (%) Low (<11 marks) 177 108 (61.0) 67 (37.9) 2 (1.1) 0.69 Moderate (11-22 marks) 32 23 (71.9) 9 (28.1) 0 (0.0) High (>22 marks) 5 4 (71.9) 1 (20.0) 0 (0.0)
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