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Low socioeconomic position and neighborhood deprivation are associated with uncontrolled asthma in elderly
- Source :
- Respiratory Medicine: COPD Update, Respiratory Medicine: COPD Update, Elsevier, In press, 158, pp.70-77. ⟨10.1016/j.rmed.2019.09.010⟩, Respiratory Medicine: COPD Update, In press, 158, pp.70-77. ⟨10.1016/j.rmed.2019.09.010⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2019.
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Abstract
- Background While uncontrolled asthma in adults is frequent in Europe, the impact of socioeconomic position (SEP) was little investigated. We aimed to investigate the respective association of individual- and area-level SEP with uncontrolled asthma among French elderly women. Methods Analyses were conducted in the Asthma-E3N study, among participants with current asthma (i.e., asthma attacks, treatment, or symptoms in previous year). Asthma control was evaluated using Asthma Control Test (uncontrolled: score ≤19); SEP was defined at both individual- and area-level, using educational level (low, medium, high), the French Deprivation index (tertiles defined at national level), and by merging them in a combined-SEP index. Associations between SEP and asthma control were estimated for 2258 women by logistic regression adjusted for age. Analyses were stratified by asthma controller medication use estimated through a drug reimbursement database. Results Women were 70 years on average and 24% had uncontrolled asthma. A low educational level (11%) was associated with an increased risk of uncontrolled asthma [odds ratio (95% confidence interval) = 1.9 (1.4,2.6)], especially among women not using controller medication [3.1 (1.9,5.1)]. Using the combined-SEP index, the highest risk of uncontrolled asthma was observed among women with the most disadvantaged socioeconomic profile (low educational level and low-SEP neighborhood) [2.5 (1.5,4.2)]. Conclusions Women with low SEP had more often uncontrolled asthma, which might be partly explained by inadequate asthma treatment. To achieve the best management of asthma for elderly patients, a specific attention should be given not only to disadvantaged population and neighborhoods, but also to disadvantaged populations in affluent neighborhoods.
- Subjects :
- Male
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Socioeconomic position
Logistic regression
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Residence Characteristics
immune system diseases
Humans
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Socioeconomic status
Aged
Asthma
Aged, 80 and over
business.industry
social sciences
Odds ratio
medicine.disease
Confidence interval
3. Good health
Uncontrolled asthma
Disadvantaged
respiratory tract diseases
Socioeconomic Factors
030228 respiratory system
[SDV.SPEE] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie
Female
[SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie
business
Demography
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17450454
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Respiratory Medicine: COPD Update, Respiratory Medicine: COPD Update, Elsevier, In press, 158, pp.70-77. ⟨10.1016/j.rmed.2019.09.010⟩, Respiratory Medicine: COPD Update, In press, 158, pp.70-77. ⟨10.1016/j.rmed.2019.09.010⟩
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....74baf6c56afce7eb248418f966a96065