Papers by Atalaye Nigussie
Background: Bronchial asthma is a chronic inflammatory airway disease that substantially burdens ... more Background: Bronchial asthma is a chronic inflammatory airway disease that substantially burdens individuals and healthcare systems. Regular investigation of its severity and identifying the factors that lead patients to seek medical care is crucial for effective health planning, management, and prevention to reduce healthcare costs and morbidity/mortality rates while fostering productive citizenship. The study aimed to assess the magnitude of asthma severity and associated factors that prompt adult patients to visit healthcare services in the Awi administrative zone of Northwestern Ethiopia. Method: This study used a cross-sectional study design. Data from 662 asthma patients were collected using structured questionnaires and multistage sampling. The collected data were analyzed using the ordinal logistic regression model to determine how asthma status (the dependent variable) is affected by sociodemographic (independent) variables and the chi-square test of independence to determine the significance of the association between asthma status and the sociodemographic variables. Results: Among the 662 asthma patients, the severity of 43.5%, 41.84%, and 14.65% of them was mild, moderate, and severe, respectively. The factors that affect the severity of asthma significantly are bad smells in the environment (AOR=0.02, p<0.001), marital status (AOR=0.003, p<0.001), educational level, physical exercise (AOR=5127.7, p<0.001), family history of asthma (AOR=90.05, p<0.001), presence of animals at home (AOR=0.0002, p<0.001), high asthma distribution season, limited daily activity (AOR=0.479, p=0.027), and energy source for cooking (AOR=4.63x10-6 , p<0.001). Conclusion: The findings highlight the need for tailored interventions to promote asthma disease prevention strategies and the need to implement several interventions by the Awi Zone health office and non-governmental organizations to reduce asthma disease severity.
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Papers by Atalaye Nigussie