Department of Internal Medicine, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syrian Arab Republic.
East Mediterr Health J. 2010 Jul;16(7):710-6.
The International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) uses standardized symptom-based questionnaires to describe the prevalence of symptoms of asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis and eczema in children worldwide. Three governorates in the Syrian Arab Republic (Aleppo, Lattakia and Tartous) participated in ISAAC phase 3 in 2001-03. Adolescents in the 13-14 year age group and parents of the 6-7-year-old children completed the questionnaire about asthma symptoms. The prevalence of current symptoms of asthma (wheezing in the last 12 months) in different centres ranged from 4.7% to 5.7% for 6-7-year-olds and 3.9% to 6.5% for 13-14-year-olds. In 13-14-year-olds the prevalence of severe speech-limiting wheeze was 2.0%-3.5%, of rhinoconjunctivitis was 8.6%-14.6% and of eczema was 3.3%-4.2%.
《儿童哮喘和过敏国际研究》（ISAAC）使用基于症状的标准化问卷来描述全球儿童哮喘、鼻结膜炎和湿疹症状的流行情况。阿拉伯叙利亚共和国有三个省份（阿勒颇、拉塔基亚和塔尔图斯）参加了 2001-2003 年的 ISAAC 第三阶段研究。13-14 岁年龄组的青少年和 6-7 岁儿童的家长完成了关于哮喘症状的问卷。不同中心的 6-7 岁儿童当前哮喘症状（过去 12 个月喘息）的流行率为 4.7%-5.7%，13-14 岁儿童为 3.9%-6.5%。在 13-14 岁儿童中，严重言语受限喘息的患病率为 2.0%-3.5%，鼻结膜炎为 8.6%-14.6%，湿疹为 3.3%-4.2%。
