Prevalence of asthma and related factors among school-age children in hospitals in the city of babylon

Objectıves: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of Asthma disease and their associated factors among school-age children at Imam Al-Sadiq Teaching Hospital, Babel Teaching Hospital for Women and Children, and Al-Mahaweel General Hospital. Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted between April and May. The study population consisted of patients in these hospitals. The study sample consisted of 235 patients in Imam Al-Sadiq Teaching Hospital, Babel Teaching Hospital for Women and Children, and Al-Mahaweel Hospital who agreed to participate in the study at the time of data collection. Face-to-face data was collected and a personal information form and an asthma risk factor scale were used to collect data. Results: The average age of the study group was 9.08 ± 2.286 females, 74.5% of whom were in the first or third grade of education. It was determined that the risk factors for developing asthma were higher in age group 7, males and in education level 1-3 who did 4 times more physical activity. Ashtma risk factor was different between participants who were grouped according to number of times doing physical activity per week, type of physical activity, the amount of time that spent during physical activity (p<0.05). Conclusion: The results of the study showed that there is a positive relationship between age, gender, physical activity and asthma risk factors Recommendations: The study suggests that social assistance should be provided to asthma patients at most who are at the age of ≤7 to overcome to help them overcome the risk factors associated with asthma.