Impact of bronchial asthma on life styles in children with bronchial asthma in a tertiary care unit

Abstract

Background: Bronchial asthma is a chronic respiratory illness affecting children. It has significant impact on childhood activities and it is a major contributor towards school absenteeism Objective: To evaluate the impact of bronchial asthma on life styles in bronchial asthmatic children from a tertiary care unit, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Method: A prospective cross sectional descriptive study was conducted in professorial paediatric respiratory clinic at Teaching Hospital Jaffna. All the children who were diagnosed as Bronchial Asthma and on inhaled corticosteroids for more than three months were recruited into the study. The data was collected by interviewer administered questionnaire.