| dc.creator | Mallol V,Javier | |
| dc.creator | Cortez Q,Eliana | |
| dc.creator | Amarales O,Lidia | |
| dc.creator | Sánchez D,Ignacio | |
| dc.creator | Calvo G,Mario | |
| dc.creator | Soto L,Susana | |
| dc.creator | Strickler P,Alexis | |
| dc.creator | Kyling M,Adriana | |
| dc.creator | Sanhueza B,Ines | |
| dc.creator | Albornoz V,Carmen | |
| dc.date | 2000-03-01 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-29T19:33:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-08-29T19:33:53Z | |
| dc.identifier | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872000000300005 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/205942 | |
| dc.description | Background: There is little information about the prevalence of asthma in Latin American children. Aim: To determine the prevalence of asthma among Chilean school age children. Subjects and methods: The prevalence of respiratory symptoms related to asthma in schoolchildren aged 7 and 13 years, coming from South Santiago, Central Santiago, Valdivia and Punta Arenas, was determined using the methodology of the International Study on Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISMC). A random sample of school children aged 6-7 and 13-14 years from each locality was selected. This resulted in 24)470 surveyed children (11,723 aged 6-7 years and 12,747 aged 13-14 years). Results: The current prevalence of wheezing ("wheezing in the last 12 months") ranged from 16.5% to 20.ó% in children aged 67 years, and from 6.8% to 11.7% in children aged 13-14 years. The cumulative prevalence of asthma ("asthma ever"), ranged from 9.7% and 16.5% in the 6-7 years group and from 7.3% to 12.4% in those aged 13-14 years. Conclusions: This study found much higher figures for prevalence of respiratory symptoms related to asthma in school children than those previously reported in this country, with a significant variability between centers (p<0.05). The prevalence of asthma in Chilean schoolchildren is as high and variable as that reported in industrialized countries | |
| dc.format | text/html | |
| dc.language | es | |
| dc.publisher | Sociedad Médica de Santiago | |
| dc.relation | 10.4067/S0034-98872000000300005 | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
| dc.source | Revista médica de Chile v.128 n.3 2000 | |
| dc.subject | Asthma | |
| dc.subject | Geographyt medical | |
| dc.subject | Respiratory sounds | |
| dc.title | Prevalencia del asma en escolares chilenos: Estudio descriptivo de 24.470 niños. ISAAC-Chile | |
