Analysis of risk factors for depression and anxiety related to the degree of asthma control in children according to gender - 16/02/24

Doi : 10.1016/j.arcped.2023.09.017

Ning Wang ^a, Long Zhao ^a, Cuicui Liu ^a, Xiaolan Shi ^a, Jing Wang ^a, Shouzhen Wu ^a,^b,^c,^⁎
^a Asthma Center, Xi'an Children's Hospital, China
^b Experimental Research Center, Yan'an Key Laboratory of Immune and Metabolism, Yan'an People's Hospital, China
^c Medicine and Technology Department, Shannxi University of Chinese Medicine, China

^⁎Corresponding author at: Xi'an Children's Hospital, Shaanxi Province, China.Xi'an Children's HospitalShaanxi ProvinceChina

En prensa. Pruebas corregidas por el autor. Disponible en línea desde el Friday 16 February 2024

Abstract

Objective

The purpose of the study was to investigate whether risk factors involved in the degree of asthma control were the same for children of both genders.

Methods

This cross-sectional study collected relevant data from 320 children with asthma attending the respiratory asthma clinic at a local children's hospital. All the patients passed the Asthma Control Test (ACT) or the Childhood Asthma Control Test (cACT), lung-function-related tests, the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI), the Screening Scale for Anxiety-Related Mood Disorders (SCARED), and the Family Personal Information Questionnaire.

Results

The study found that gender (p=0.034) was a risk factor for poor asthma control and that girls (odds ratio [OR]=1.669, p=0.042) were more likely to have poor asthma control than boys. Univariate logistic regression analysis found that severe wasting (OR=0.075, p=0.021), depression (OR=43. 550, p<0.001), anxiety (OR=4.769, p=0.036), FEV1% (OR=0.970, p=0.043), FEV1/FVC% (OR=0.921, p=0. 008), and PEF% (OR=0.961, p=0.012) were risk factors for poor asthma control in girls.