Recurrent Cough in the Elderly : A Forgotten Entity

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INTRODUCTION: Recurrent cough is little researched in adults. We investigated the prevalence, risk factors, and consequences of recurrent cough, and compared the results to those of isolated chronic cough.

METHODS: Cross-sectional email survey in an elderly community-based population. Recurrent cough was defined as ≥ 3 cough episodes within one year (each lasting ≥ 1 week) and no current chronic cough. Isolated chronic cough was defined as current cough lasting ≥ 8 weeks and no recurrent cough.

RESULTS: The prevalence of recurrent cough was 3.8% among all respondents (n = 5983). Recurrent cough was associated with asthma (aOR 3.32 (95% CI 2.13-5.18)), chronic rhinosinusitis (2.91 (1.89-4.46)), family history of chronic cough (2.59 (1.88-3.56)), analgesic intolerance (2.13 (1.27-3.57)), male gender (1.92 (1.39-2.66)), gastro-esophageal reflux disease (1.73 (1.21-2.47)), obstructive sleep apnoea (1.69 (1.23-2.32)), symptom sum (1.12 per symptom (1.03-1.22)), and younger age (0.96 per year (0.93-1.00)). Isolated chronic cough was associated with chronic rhinosinusitis (3.45 (2.39-4.97)), asthma (2.17 (1.38-3.41), gastro-esophageal reflux disease (1.80 (1.32-2.47)), family history of chronic cough (1.80 (1.35-2.41)), obstructive sleep apnoea (1.49 (1.12-2.00)), symptom sum (1.18 per symptom (1.10-1.27)), and body mass index (0.96 per unit (0.93-1.00)). Among subjects with recurrent and isolated chronic cough, the prevalence of depressive symptoms were 7.7% and 4.2%, p = 0.11, the Leicester Cough Questionnaire total scores 15.2 (14.6-15.8) and 16.3 (16.0-16.6), P = 0.001, and the mean number of yearly cough-related doctor`s visits 0.58 (0.45-0.71) and 0.36 (0.19-0.53), P = 0.007, respectively.

CONCLUSION: The risk factors and consequences of recurrent and isolated chronic cough were comparable. Recurrent cough seems beneficial to address in cough evaluation.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:201

Enthalten in:

Lung - 201(2023), 6 vom: 14. Dez., Seite 545-553

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kaulamo, Johanna Tuulikki [VerfasserIn]
Lätti, Anne Marika [VerfasserIn]
Koskela, Heikki Olavi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Chronic cough
Epidemiology
Journal Article
Quality of life
Recurrent cough
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Risk factors

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 27.11.2023

Date Revised 12.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00408-023-00654-2

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364557478