Lal A, Kumar L, Malhotra S
Department of Pediatrics, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh.
Indian Pediatr. 1994 Apr;31(4):425-32.
The socio-economic burden of childhood asthma has not been assessed in India. We interviewed parents of asthmatic 85 children in the age group of 6-17 years who were suffering from asthma. Socio-economic burden of asthma was assessed by using Pai and Kapur's interview schedule and the results were analyzed by using Chi square, Student's 't' test and Pearson's product movement correlation coefficient. Severe burden was experienced by the family in 25.9% cases. Total burden score was significantly associated with severity of asthma (p < 0.001) and socio economic status of the family (p < 0.01). These results indicate that there is need for health professionals and social support organizations to chalk out programmes to provide support at least to families of children with chronic/recurrent illness like bronchial asthma in order to reduce the anxiety and other hardships suffered by the families.
印度尚未对儿童哮喘的社会经济负担进行评估。我们采访了6至17岁患有哮喘的85名儿童的家长。通过使用派伊和卡普尔的访谈时间表来评估哮喘的社会经济负担，并使用卡方检验、学生t检验和皮尔逊积矩相关系数对结果进行分析。25.9%的家庭经历了严重负担。总负担得分与哮喘严重程度（p<0.001）和家庭社会经济地位（p<0.01）显著相关。这些结果表明，卫生专业人员和社会支持组织有必要制定计划，至少为患有支气管哮喘等慢性/复发性疾病儿童的家庭提供支持，以减轻家庭所遭受的焦虑和其他困难。
