Injury risk in children with asthma

David C Schwebel; Carl M Brezausek

doi:10.1080/02770900902866750

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Injury risk in children with asthma

David C Schwebel and Carl M Brezausek

The Journal of asthma, Vol.46(6), pp.560-563

01/01/2009

DOI: 10.1080/02770900902866750

PMID: 19657895

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Abstract

Asthma is the most common chronic illness in American children. Injury is the most common acute medical condition and also the leading cause of mortality. Previous research examining possible links between pediatric asthma and injury is inconclusive. This study investigates the relationship between pediatric asthma and injury. Asthma diagnosis and multiple child, parent, and family characteristics were assessed from 878 families when children were 54 months. Parents reported child injuries regularly over the next 2.5 years. Children with asthma had more injuries than children without asthma, even after controlling for child, parent, and environmental covariates. Four-year-old children diagnosed with asthma appear to have increased risk of injury over their peers as they enter the early elementary school years, and the authors discuss the possible causes of this relationship.

Asthma - complications

Child, Preschool

Female

Humans

Incidence

Longitudinal Studies

Male

Risk Assessment

Wounds and Injuries - complications

Wounds and Injuries - epidemiology

Details

Title: Subtitle: Injury risk in children with asthma
Creators: David C Schwebel - University of Alabama at Birmingham
Carl M Brezausek - University of Alabama at Birmingham
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: The Journal of asthma, Vol.46(6), pp.560-563
DOI: 10.1080/02770900902866750
PMID: 19657895
NLM abbreviation: J Asthma
ISSN: 0277-0903
eISSN: 1532-4303
Language: English
Date published: 01/01/2009
Academic Unit: Research Administration
Record Identifier: 9984949459902771

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