Francis, Stephanie Gray, Melinda Burns, Christine Briggs, Nancy Homaira, Nusrat Jaffe, Adam
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The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma
Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of technology enabled learning in improving asthma first aid knowledge and self-confidence in providing asthma first aid to children in staff within a school setting. Study Design: A prospective randomized parallel study using a pre and post test design was conducted across Metropolitan schools of New Sou...
LaSee, Claire R Reeb-Whitaker, Carolyn K
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The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma
Objective: Washington State's work-related asthma (WRA) surveillance program utilizes workers' compensation (WC) data as its primary data source and has spanned a 15-year time period. This study analyses trends for WRA claim incidence rates compared to all WC claim incidence rates. WRA claim incidence rates and WC costs are analyzed by industry. Me...
de Oliveira, Tiago Bittencourt Moscon, Jordana Griebeler Ferreira, Ernesto Nazeazeno do Nasciment... da Veiga, Ana Beatriz Gorini
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The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma
Objective: This study analyzes and describes trends in prevalence of asthma and rhinitis in children 6-7 years old living in Santo Ângelo, Brazil, by comparing data from 2007, 2012, and 2017. Methods: The ISAAC (International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood) standardized written questionnaire was used in a three cross-sectional survey. T...
Sheen, Youn H Kizilbash, Sarah Ryoo, Eell Wi, Chung-Il Park, Miguel Abraham, Roshini S Ryu, Euijung Divekar, Rohit Juhn, Young
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The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma
Objective: Asthma poses an increased risk for serious pneumococcal disease, but little is known about the influence of asthma status on the 23-valent serotype-specific pneumococcal antibody response. We examined differences in antibody titers between pre- and post-vaccination with 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV-23) in relation ...
Everett Jones, Sherry King, Brian A Leroy, Zanie
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The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma
Aim: Asthma has symptoms that can be exacerbated by using combustible products such as tobacco and marijuana. This study assessed the prevalence and trends in current use of cigarettes, cigars, and marijuana among U.S. high school students with and without asthma. Methods: The national Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) is a biennial, school-based, ...
Youness, Eman Refaat Shady, Mones Nassar, Maysa Samir Mostafa, Rehab Abuelhamd, Walaa
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The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma
Background: Asthma is one of the most common chronic airway disease of childhood. Poor asthma control has been associated with antioxidant deficiencies. Objective: To assess the association of bronchial asthma in Egyptian children with serum nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor2 (NRF2) and its relation to disease severity. Subjects and methods...
Abdelkarim, Hussam Durie, Matthew Bellomo, Rinaldo Bergmeir, Christoph Badawi, Omar El-Khawas, Khaled Pilcher, David
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The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma
Objective: To compare the characteristics, use of invasive ventilation and outcomes of patients admitted with critical asthma syndrome (CAS) to ICUs in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ), and a large cohort of ICUs in the United States (US). Methods: We examined two large databases of ICU for patients admitted with CAS in 2014 and 2015. We obtained, a...
Xing, Yana Gu, Xiqian Wei, Zhenzhen Zhang, Wei Crowder, Sharron J Duan, Hongmei
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The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma
Objective: This study aims to develop and validate the Family Management Scale for Children with Asthma (FMSCA) in China context. Methods: Based on the Family Management Style Framework (FMSF) model, an original 89 items were generated from literature review and interviews with 15 caregivers of children with asthma. The preliminary scale was refine...
Nagy, Matthew R McGlumphy, Kellye C Dopp, Richard Lewis, Toby C Hasson, Rebecca E
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The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma
Background: There is a clear relationship between obesity and asthma, with obesity recognized as a risk factor for asthma. There is mounting evidence, however, that asthma may predict obesity risk via behavioral pathways. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the cross-sectional relationships between asthma, body mass index (BMI) perc...
Bhaumik, Urmi Sommer, Susan J Lockridge, Ryan Penzias, Rebecca Nethersole, Shari Woods, Elizabeth R
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The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma
Objective: Use claims data to examine the cost benefit of the Community Asthma Initiative (CAI), a Boston area nurse-supervised community health worker (CHW) asthma home-visiting program. Methods: The reduction in asthma treatment costs was assessed using Massachusetts claims data from one Medicaid Managed Care Organization (MCO) in the north east ...
