Hastert Theresa A, Babey Susan H, Brown E Richard, Meng Ying-Ying
Policy Brief UCLA Cent Health Policy Res. 2007 Feb(PB2007-2):1-7.
Many Californians with asthma are exposed to environmental conditions in the home-such as the presence of tobacco smoke and furry pets-which can trigger asthma symptoms. In addition, many who have not been diagnosed with asthma experience asthma-like breathing problems when exposed to these same indoor conditions. Nearly 1.9 million California adults and 890,000 children have active asthma (7.3% of all adults and 10.4% of all children). Among those with active asthma, 970,000 adults and 300,000 children suffered from symptoms at least monthly in 2003. An additional 2.6 million California adults and 810,000 children who had not been diagnosed with asthma suffered from asthma-like symptoms such as wheezing in 2003 (11.1% of all adults and 9.3% of all children). A Publication of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Using results from the 2003 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS 2003), this policy brief examines the association of asthma symptoms and asthma-like breathing problems with smoking and the presence of tobacco smoke in the home, and with the presence of dogs and cats in the home. This brief presents the prevalence of monthly asthma symptoms among adults and children with active asthma and the prevalence of wheezing and other asthma-like symptoms in the previous year among those not diagnosed with asthma. Active asthma refers to being diagnosed with asthma and also reporting that one still has asthma and/or that one experienced an asthma attack in the past year. There are a number of known environmental triggers in the home, including environmental tobacco smoke, animal dander, dust mites, cockroaches, molds and pollens. This brief discusses those triggers for which CHIS 2003 collected useful data. Other triggers have also been found to significantly contribute to breathing problems.
许多患有哮喘的加利福尼亚人在家中会接触到一些环境因素，比如烟草烟雾和带毛的宠物，这些都可能引发哮喘症状。此外，许多尚未被诊断出患有哮喘的人在接触到同样的室内环境时也会出现类似哮喘的呼吸问题。近190万加利福尼亚成年人和89万儿童患有活动性哮喘（占所有成年人的7.3%，所有儿童的10.4%）。在这些患有活动性哮喘的人中，2003年有97万成年人和30万儿童至少每月出现症状。另外，2003年还有260万加利福尼亚成年人和81万儿童虽未被诊断出患有哮喘，但出现了类似哮喘的症状，如喘息（占所有成年人的11.1%，所有儿童的9.3%）。加州大学洛杉矶分校健康政策研究中心出版物利用2003年加利福尼亚健康访谈调查（CHIS 2003）的结果，本政策简报探讨了哮喘症状和类似哮喘的呼吸问题与吸烟、家中烟草烟雾的存在以及家中猫狗的存在之间的关联。本简报介绍了患有活动性哮喘的成年人和儿童中每月哮喘症状的患病率，以及未被诊断出患有哮喘的人在上一年中喘息和其他类似哮喘症状的患病率。活动性哮喘是指被诊断出患有哮喘，并且报告自己仍然患有哮喘和/或在过去一年中经历过哮喘发作。家中有许多已知的环境触发因素，包括环境烟草烟雾、动物皮屑、尘螨、蟑螂、霉菌和花粉。本简报讨论了CHIS 2003收集了有用数据的那些触发因素。其他触发因素也被发现会显著导致呼吸问题。
