Hyperventilation syndrome in adolescents with and without asthma.
Pediatr Pulmonol
; 50(12): 1184-90, 2015 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Data on the prevalence of hyperventilation syndrome (HVS) in adolescents are scanty.OBJECTIVES:
To determine the prevalence of HVS in a population of adolescents with and without asthma, and to verify whether HVS was related to asthma activity.METHODS:
A population of adolescents was asked to self-complete a questionnaire, including the Nijmegen questionnaire to assess HVS, and a standardized asthma questionnaire.RESULTS:
Seven hundred and sixty questionnaires were suitable for analysis. One hundred and twenty subjects (15.8%) were classified as asthmatic. Forty-seven subjects (6.2%) had a Nijmegen score ≥ 23, which was suggestive of HVS. Symptoms indicative of HVS were ten times more common in subjects with asthma (25%) than in those without asthma (2.5%). Nijmegen score was significantly higher in subjects with lifetime asthma (P < 0.001), current episodic asthma (P < 0.05) and current active asthma (P < 0.001) than in those with no asthma. In the whole population, girls presented HVS more frequently than boys (P < 0.001). There was a significant effect of gender (females, OR 3.2) and status of asthma (lifetime asthma, OR 11.2; current episodic asthma, OR 8.9; current active asthma, OR 41.5) on the probability of suffering from HVS.CONCLUSIONS:
The prevalence of symptoms indicative of HVS in an unselected population of adolescents was relatively high. Symptoms were more common in girls and in subjects with asthma, and there was a significant effect of asthma activity on the probability of suffering from HVS. Further studies need to be performed in order to validate a screening tool for HVS in both adolescents and asthmatic subjects.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Asma
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Hiperventilação
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Pediatr Pulmonol
Assunto da revista:
PEDIATRIA
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália