Co-relation of body mass index with the prevalence and severity of asthma in urban children aged 7-12 years of district Faridkot, Punjab, India

53^rd World Congress on Nursing and Health Care

June 21-22, 2019 Brisbane, Australia

Simranjit Kaur

Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, India

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Adv Practice Nurs

Abstract :

A cross-sectional study was undertaken to assess the co-relation of BMI with the prevalence and severity of asthma in 23 school children aged 07-12 years and the BMI of 16.27 3.11. Automated spirometer was used to assess the lung function tests of the children. Peak Expiratory Flow Rate (PEFR) was mainly used as a guideline to make the diagnosis of asthmatic or nonasthmatic based on the spirometric results. Reversibility of airway obstruction was done by repeating spirometry after two puffs of salbutamol inhaler. The results indicate that BMI, which is a measure of body fat, has a strong co-relation with the lung function tests. A significant decrease was observed in the values of pre-PEFR and Forced Expiratory Volume in one second (FEV1) with an increasing BMI indicating that body fat has a bearing on the severity of asthma (p=0.001). No significant relationship was identified between % FEV1 and BMI. Per-PEFR showed a trend towards becoming significant (p=0.187). This study supports the view that there is a definite trend co-relating severity of asthma symptoms and body weight.

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