Original Article
Risk Factors for Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease: A Hospital Based Prospective Study in Rural Central India
Author(s):
Namita Anand Soni* and AP Jain
Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease affected 215 million populations worldwide in 2016 and more than 90% deaths occur in low and middle-income countries. Only few studies have looked at this problem with rural perspective. This study aims to find prevalence of risk factors in COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) patients at tertiary care centre which mainly caters rural population.
Material and Methods: This is a hospital-based longitudinal cohort study conducted at a rural based tertiary care Medical Institute in central India. Patient with history of cough and breathlessness for 3 months or more were studied. Spirometry-confirmed 113 COPD patients were studied for risk factors like male sex, advancing age, smoking, indoor air pollution and baseline assessment was done with Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ).
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