Prevalence of Asthma and Allergies Among Children in UAE-A Cross-sectional Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- AstraZeneca
- 入组人数
- 3,737
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Prevalence of asthma in children aged 6-7 years and 13-14 years in Dubai and the Northern Emirates.
研究概览
简要总结
Multicenter, cross-sectional study to recruit a random sample of 6000 children via school class registers: 3000 children aged 13-14 years and 3000 children aged 6-7 years.
详细描述
Multicenter, cross-sectional study to recruit a random sample of 6000 children via school class registers: 3000 children aged 13-14 years and 3000 children aged 6-7 years.Standard ISAAC core questions for wheezing, rhinitis, and atopic dermatitis will be used. The ISAAC questionnaire has been validated by the World Health Organization and translated into many languages, and used in many countries. In this study, the Arabic and English version will be used. In addition, questions regarding exposure to Arabian incense "Bokhor" and smoking questions of the environmental questionnaire will be included.
ISAAC Questionnaires
- Core questionnaire on wheezing.
- Core questionnaire on rhinitis.
- Core questionnaire on atopic dermatitis.
- Smoking questions of the environmental questionnaire.
- Video questionnaire on wheezing (only for 13-14 years age group, if applicable)
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Children with age 6 to 7 years or with age 13 to 14 years at the time of questionnaires completion, and residing in Dubai and the Northern Emirates of UAE.
- •Children aged 6 to 7 years or 13 to14 years, whose legal guardians give their consent.
- •Able to give assent in the 13 to 14 years group.
- •Able to comprehend and answer the questionnaire themselves in the 13 to 14 years group.
排除标准
- •Aged 13 to 14 years and unable to answer the questionnaire due to physical or mental disability.
- •Parent or legal guardian refuses sign and return consent for the 6 to 7 years group and the 13 to 14 years group.
结局指标
主要结局
Prevalence of asthma in children aged 6-7 years and 13-14 years in Dubai and the Northern Emirates.
时间窗: 3 Month
Through International study of Asthma and Allergies in Children(ISAAC)core questionnaire on Asthma and Wheezing: A set of 8 questions to address wheezing attacks, assessing the prevalence of wheezing illness, frequency of wheezing, diagnosis of asthma.Descriptive summaries of the data will be presented. Comparisons between different centers on the rates of events will be made using appropriate methods. Crude rates can be compared by using contingency tables or logistic regression. Comparison of standardized rates or data that needs controlling for confounding will require analysis by logistic regression
次要结局
- Severity of asthma in children aged 6-7 years and 13-14 years in Dubai and the Northern Emirates.(3 Month)