Open AccessOBESITY
Author(s) -
Quratul Ain,
Sehrish Ali,
Saanya Hayat,
Imran Amjad
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/18.4511
Subject(s) - medicine , asthma , obesity , overweight , nonprobability sampling , risk factor , population , association (psychology) , demography , life style , environmental health , philosophy , epistemology , sociology
Obesity is an important factor for increasing breathing problemsamong asthmatic female population. However there appeared to be no published data onobesity and asthma pertaining to women in Pakistan. The aim of the study was to determinethe association of obesity and asthma in women and to find if obesity is a risk factor for addingcomplications in them. Study Design: Descriptive cross sectional survey. Period: February15, 2016 to July 15, 2016. Setting: Pakistan Railway Hospital, Rawalpindi. Methodology: 100asthmatic female patients. Sample size was calculated through Rao-soft. The participants wererecruited through non probability purposive sampling technique. A semi-structured questionnaireof 21 questions was used to collect data which was analyzed later on SPSS 20. Results: Out of100 female asthmatic patients, 45 patients were found overweight. strong positive association(r = 0.52) was found between BMI with duration of asthma. Negative Moderate association (r =0.22) of BMI with life style was found. Conclusion: Present Study concluded that obesity addsto the complication of asthma and there lays an association between obesity and asthma. Asthe duration of asthma increases it causes increase in BMI resulting in severity of symptoms,activity limitations and decline in life style.