Association of secondhand smoke exposure with asthma symptoms, medication use, and healthcare utilization among asthmatic adolescents
Journal of Asthma Dec 14, 2018
Merianos AL, et al. - In this secondary cross-sectional analysis of Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study Wave 2 (2014–2015) including a total of 2,198 asthmatic adolescents, researchers examined the relation between secondhand smoke exposure (SHSe) and asthma symptoms, medication use, and Emergency Department (ED)/urgent care (UC) utilization by using logistic regression models and Poisson regression models. According to findings, an increased risk of having a higher number of asthma attacks that required steroid use was observed in participants with SHSe. Furthermore, an increased risk of having higher ED/UC visits for asthma was reported for participants who lived with a smoker and had home SHSe. Findings call for SHSe reduction efforts for asthmatic adolescents, and EDs/UCs are promising venues.
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