Open AccessLung Health in the Solomon Islands: A Mixed Methods Study
Author(s) -
James Di Michiel,
Julie Gawthorne,
Aruna Shivam,
Kevin Maruno,
Sarah Cohn,
Christopher Lemon,
Zhixin Liu,
Anthony Byrne
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/international journal of copd
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2005
pISSN - 1176-9106
DOI - 10.2147/copd.s331734
Subject(s) - medicine , spirometry , asthma , copd , population , bronchodilator , obstructive lung disease , emergency department , wheeze , respiratory disease , pediatrics , physical therapy , emergency medicine , lung , environmental health , psychiatry
Despite a population of 600,000 people from 900 islands, there is little published data on the prevalence of lung disease in the Solomon Islands. We sought to 1) estimate the prevalence of obstructive lung disease (OLD) in Gizo, Solomon Islands, 2) identify risk factors for respiratory disease in this population and 3) review current management practices for respiratory disease through an audit of local emergency department (ED) presentations.