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Asthma is associated with impaired social functioning: findings from the World Health Survey
Loerbroks, A.; Bosch, J.; Sheikh, A.; Yamamoto, S.; Herr, R. · Das Gesundheitswesen · 2017 · Heft 8/09 · S. 1 bis 1
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Background: Asthma may impair social functioning as indicated by studies conducted in mainly pediatric populations in Western countries. Objective: We sought to investigate whether there are also associations between asthma and social functioning in adults from both Western and non-Western countries. Methods: We analyzed data on 231, 816 individuals (94% aged 20+, 52% female) from 50 countries participating in the World Health Survey. Two separate definitions of asthma were used (i. e. self-reports of wheezing or of an asthma diagnosis). Social functioning was measured by two items assessing difficulties with pe…
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Asthma
Diagnosis
Africa
Asia
America
Atemgeräusche
Aged
Afrika
Asien
Das Gesundheitswesen
