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EVALUATION OF THE RESULTS OF ASTHMA CONTROL IN CHILDREN 6 - 15 YEARS OLD AT CAN THO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN 2023 - 2024
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Background: Asthma is a common chronic disease, accounting for 1 - 18% of the population in many countries. In Vietnam, research in regions and localities shows that children have a rate of asthma of about 4 - 8%. In recent years, childhood asthma has tended to increase; every 20 years, the rate of childhood asthma increases 2-3 times. The long-term goals of asthma management are risk reduction and symptom control to reduce patient burden and the risk of mortality associated with bronchial asthma, exacerbations, airway compromise, and medication side effects. Objective: Evaluate the results of asthma control in children 6 - 15 years old at can tho children's hospital in 2023 – 2024. Materials and method: Cross-sectional descriptive study of children from 6 to 15 years old diagnosed with asthma and managed at the Asthma clinic of Can Tho Children's Hospital from March 2023 to March 2024. Results: Among 56 analyzed patient, male was comprised of 60,7%, the majority are from 6 - 11 years old (85.7%), the percentage of patients with grade 2 asthma accounts for the majority at 83.3%. Using GINA criteria, the percentage of patients with well controlled at the beginning of asthma management is 1.8%, this percentage increases after 1 month and 3 months (60.7% and 75%, respectively). The percentage of uncontrolled patients at the beginning of asthma management was 83.9%, after 1 month of asthma management this percentage decreased to 0%, after 3 months there were 3 patients (5.4%) uncontrolled. Using ACT criteria, the rate of patients with good control at the beginning of asthma management is 23.2%. After 1 month and after 3 months, this percentage increased to 60.7% and 75%, respectively. This difference is statistically significant with p < 0.001. Conclusions: Assessing bronchial asthma control according to GINA and ACT, good control rate improved significantly after 1 month and 3 months of asthma management.
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asthma, asthma control, children
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