Abstract

ROSA, Antonia Maria; JACOBSON, Ludmilla da Silva Viana; BOTELHO, Clóvis  and  IGNOTTI, Eliane. Cross-sectional study of factors associated with the use of inhaled corticosteroids in children living in the city of Cuiabá, state of Mato Grosso/Brazil, 2010. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2013, vol.22, n.4, pp.661-670. ISSN 1679-4974.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742013000400012.

OBJECTIVE: to analyse factors associated with inhaled corticosteroid use in children under 5 years old. METHODS: cross-sectional study carried out in Cuiabá with a sample of 733 children. Crude odds ratios (OR) and adjusted odds ratios (OR_j) and Confidence Intervals (95%CI) were estimated using logistic regression models. RESULTS: the prevalence of inhaled corticosteroid use in the past 12 months was 13.2% (95%CI = 8.4; 18.0%). It was associated with the use of private health services (OR_aj = 4.62; 95%CI = 2.41; 8.85), asthma diagnosed by a doctor (OR_aj = 3.97; 95%CI = 1.37; 11.48), bronchitis hospitalization (OR_aj = 2.31; 95%CI = 1.04; 5.12), and three or more wheezing episodes in the past 12 months (OR_aj = 2.78; 95% CI = 1.10; 7.03). CONCLUSION: the use of inhaled corticosteroids was associated with private health services, medical diagnosis of asthma and severe asthma indicators.

Keywords : Asthma; Adrenal Cortex Hormones; Hospitalization; Bronchitis; Child.

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