TITLE:
Association between Tobacco Smoke Exposure (Environmental and Direct) and Incidence and Control of Bronchial Asthma
AUTHORS:
S. Dashti, L. Zare, M. Shahmari, F. Dashti, A. Dashti
KEYWORDS:
Asthma, Tobacco Smoke Pollution, Exposure
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Nursing,
Vol.8 No.2,
February
14,
2018
ABSTRACT:
Background: Asthma is a chronic multifactorial disease with high prevalence. Among
asthma risk factors, the
effect of tobacco smoke exposure on bronchial asthma is still debated. Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the association between
environmental and direct tobacco smoke (cigarette and hookah) exposure and incidence and control of bronchial asthma. Materials & Methods: This descriptive study was conducted on 109 patients with asthma
referring to Imam Khomeini Hospital in Ardabil city. Asthma Control Questionnaire
was used for evaluating of asthma control. Patients’ asthma control was individually evaluated and compared with together
with particular attention to history of tobacco smoke exposure. Chi square and
Tav-Kendal were used to analyze the data in SPSS15 software. Results: The history of tobacco smoke exposure was found in 31.2% of the 109 patients.
Patients with uncontrolled asthma with 60.6% constituted the largest volume of
all samples. There was no significant correlation between tobacco smoke
exposure and asthma occurrence (P > 0.05), also there was not found
significant correlation between tobacco smoke exposure and asthma control
(Error coefficient > 0.10). Conclusion: According to the results, history
of tobacco (cigarette and hookah) smoke exposure (environmental and direct) has
no effect on the asthma occurs and control status.