Association between exposure to second-hand smoke and health status in children

Copyright © 2018. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U..

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to estimate the association between second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure in children and asthma, wheezing and perceived health.

METHOD: A cross-sectional study based on a telephone survey was performed on a representative sample of 2411 children under 12 years old in Spain. Exposure to SHS in private and public settings, and the prevalence of asthma, wheezing and perceived poor health were described. The association between health indicators and SHS exposure was analyzed using multivariate Poisson regression models with robust variance according to age and educational level.

RESULTS: The prevalence of SHS exposure in children was 29.2% in private settings and 42.5% in public settings. There was no association between SHS exposure and asthma, wheezing and perceived poor health in children ≤5 years. In children aged 6-11 years with parents with primary/secondary education, presenting asthma (adjusted prevalence ratio [aPR]: 2.1; 95% confidence interval [95%CI]: 1.2-3.8) and worse perceived health (aPR: 1.6; 95%CI: 1.1-2.1) were positively associated with SHS exposure in private settings. In children with parents with university studies, a negative association between SHS exposure and asthma (aPR: .3; 95%CI: 0.1-0.7) and wheezing (aPR: 0.3; 95%CI: 0.1-0.8) was observed.

CONCLUSIONS: There are differences in the association between SHS exposure and asthma, wheezing and poor perceived health according to educational level. Interventions with an equity perspective aimed at reducing SHS exposure in childhood should be implemented.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:34

Enthalten in:

Gaceta sanitaria - 34(2020), 4 vom: 22. Juli, Seite 363-369

Sprache:

Spanisch

Weiterer Titel:

Asociación entre el humo ambiental de tabaco y el estado de salud en la población infantil

Beteiligte Personen:

Lletjós, Paula [VerfasserIn]
Continente, Xavier [VerfasserIn]
Arechavala, Teresa [VerfasserIn]
Fernández, Esteve [VerfasserIn]
Schiaffino, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Pérez-Ríos, Mónica [VerfasserIn]
López, María José [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Asma
Asthma
Children
Contaminación por humo de tabaco
Equidad
Equity
Factores socioeconómicos
Infancia
Journal Article
Respiratory sounds
Ruidos respiratorios
Socioeconomic factors
Tobacco Smoke Pollution
Tobacco smoke pollution

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 15.10.2021

Date Revised 15.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.gaceta.2018.10.006

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM29188623X