Handling von Asthma bei Schülern der 7. Klasse im Kreis Aachen : eine Betrachtung unter Genderaspekten

With a prevalence of about 10% asthma is the most common chronic disease of the respiratory system. Resent studies underlined the influence of social status and lifestyle on the morbidity of asthma. The following study was conducted to investigate the handling of 7th year high school students with asthma in the area of Aachen. The investigated group of patients included 7th year high school students from all kind of educational levels („Gymnasien“, „Realschulen“, „Hauptschulen“ and „Gesamtschulen“). The investigation was conducted between November 2006 and August 2007, during which the patient’s data was collected by means of a written questionnaire. The following parameters with a potential influence on the course of the disease were determined for each patient and analysed:Asthma-specific anamnesis:• Occurrence of typical pathological respiratory sounds (rhonchus and grumble) within the last 12 months• Occurrence of dyspnea or chest pain within the last 12 months• Diagnosis of asthma made by a physician as opposed to typical asthma symptoms without the diagnosis of asthma by a physician• Current medical treatment• Measures of prevention taken by the patient• Self-assessment of general wellbeingSocial background and lifestyle:• Work of the parents• School education of the mother• Nationality of the patient and its parent• Nicotin consumption of the patient• Regular sport activity performed by the patientIn the interpretation of the obtained data special interest was put on gender-specific aspects. For statistical analysis the SAS Software was used. In order to insure the perception of the questionnaire it was tested in a small group of students and questions were modified for better understanding. 1950 questionnaires could be evaluated. This equals a response rate of 75,6%. 609 (31,82%) of the participants claimed to have asthmatic symptoms with equal rates in boys and girls. 178 (9,62%) of the student informed to have been diagnosed with asthma by a physician and 247 (13,15%) underwent medical treatment (some of which had not been diagnosed by a physician). In both of these groups boys formed the majority with 110 (61,8%) and 149 (60,32%) students respectively. In contrast to this data the percentage of girls claiming asthmatic symptoms without a diagnosis of asthma made by a physician was higher. The self-assessed general wellbeing was worse amongst girls as opposed to boys. A difference between students with a background of migration and students without a background of migration was statistically not significant. Boys were more commonly participated in prevention programmes as well as sport activities. 8% of the participants were smokers, with a majority of which were girls even though that difference did not prove to be significant (p=0,0895). The results of this study showed that the general wellbeing is highly influenced by gender aspects. The high rate of smokers amongst girls as well as lower rate of participation in sport activity and prevention programs makes girls vulnurable for asthmatic symptoms. Prevention programs should there for take focus on life style modifications of girl and gender-specific education.

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Publikationsserver der RWTH Aachen University

Year dc:date

2009

Author dc:creator

• Kuru, Timur Hasan

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dott, Wolfgang

• info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/610
• Bronchialasthma
• Geschlechterrolle
• Gender Mainstreaming
• Fehlerverhütung
• Medizin
• gender
• asthma
• prevention

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• info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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ger

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