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This study provides valuable insights into asthma in the Philippines, including the perception of asthma prevalence, general health, hospitalization rates, limitations on activities, and usage of peak flow meters.
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ASTHMA INSIGHTS AND REALITIES IN ASIA PACIFIC(AIRIAP) STUDY Final Report - Philippines
Gender of Respondents Base: All respondents
Household Facilities Base: All Filipino Respondents (400)
Home Ownership Base: All Filipino respondents (400)
Education Attainment Base: All Filipino respondents (400)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - FIGURE 11 Symptom Severity Index by Current Usage of Medication QD4 Whether the chosen respondent takes medication? Base: All Filipino respondents (400)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - FIGURE 28Current Usage of Medication QD4 Whether the chosen respondent takes medication? Base: All respondents
Perceived Asthma Status of Population Compared to Ten Years Ago Q1. First, based on what you know or have heard, would you say that the percent of (country) residents with asthma has increased, decreased or remained about the same over the past 10 years? Base: All respondents
Perceived General Health of Asthmatics Compared to Ten Years Ago Q2a. Compared to ten years ago, would you say that people with asthma are generally more healthy now, less healthy now or about the same? Base: All respondents
Perceived Self General Health Q4. Would you say that (your/your child’s) health, in general, is excellent, very good, good, only fair, poor or very poor? Base: All respondents
Mean Age When Asthma First Diagnosed Q5. At what age were (you/ your child) first diagnosed with asthma? Base: All respondents
Level of Bother Caused by Asthma Q6a. How bothersome do you find (your / your child’s) asthma/ condition? Base: All respondents
Experience of Sudden Severe Episodes of Symptoms in the Past 12 Months Q10a. Have (you / your child) had any sudden severe episodes of coughing, or wheezing, or chest tightness or shortness of breath in the past 12 months? Base: All respondents
Hospitalization for Asthma in Past Year Q11b. How many times have (you/your child) been hospitalized for asthma in the past year? Q11c. How many nights in total have (you/ your child) been hospitalized for asthma in the past year? Base: Respondents who have been hospitalized overnight for asthma in the past 12 months
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - FIGURE 12Summary of Hospital and Emergency Visits for Asthma in Past Year Q11a. Have (you/your child) been hospitalized overnight for asthma in the past 12 months? Q12a. Have (you/your child) gone to an accident & emergency department/ hospital accident & emergency department/ hospital emergency room for asthma symptoms in the past 12 months? Q13a. Has (your/your child’s) asthma caused any other unscheduled emergency visits to another hospital department, clinic or somewhere else in the past 12 months? Base: All Filipino respondents
Restriction to Sport or Other Vigorous Activities by Asthma Symptoms Q14c. How much, if any, do these exercise or exertion related asthma symptoms limit (your/ your child’s) participation in sports or other vigorous activities? Base: All respondents who have asthma symptoms brought on by exercise or exertion in the past 12 months
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - FIGURE 14Have Lost Work/School Days in the Past Year Due to Asthma Q16a. Has (your/your child’s) asthma caused (you/your child) to miss work or school in the past year? Base: All adult respondents or all children respondents
Average Number of Work or School Days Lost in Past Year Q16b. How many work or school days have (you/your child) lost as a result of asthma in the past year? Base: All respondents who have missed work/school due to asthma
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - FIGURE 7When Asthma Symptoms Occurred Q21a. In the past four weeks, have (you/your child) had a cough, or wheezing, or shortness of breath or chest tightness during the day? Q22a. In the past four weeks, (you/your child) been awakened by a cough, wheezing, shortness of breath or chest tightness during the night? Q14a. Have (you/your child) had asthma symptoms brought on by exercise or exertion in the past 12 months? Base: All respondents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - FIGURE 20Patient Use of Peak Flow Meter Q25a. Have you ever heard of a peak flow meter (a device used by asthma patients to measure airway function)? Q25b. Do (you/your child) have a peak flow meter? Q25e. How often do (you/your child) use a peak flow meter to measure (your/your child’s) airway function? Base: All respondents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - FIGURE 21Patient Use of Peak Flow Meter by Symptom Severity Index Q25a. Have you ever heard of a peak flow meter (a device used by asthma patients to measure airway function)? Q25b. Do (you/your child) have a peak flow meter? Q25e. How often do (you/your child) use a peak flow meter to measure (your/your child’s) airway function? Base: All respondents
Been Taught How to Use a Peak Flow Meter Q25c. Did anyone ever teach (you/your child) how to use a peak flow meter? Q25d. Who taught (you/ your child) to use a peak flow meter? Base: All respondents who own a peak flow meter
Place Most Often Going for Overall Health Care Q28. Is the place (you/ your child) usually go MOST OFTEN for (your / your child’s) overall health care, medical advice or treatment a … Base: All Filipino respondents (400)
Person Whom Patients Usually Consult for General Healthcare Q29. Is the person who usually treats (you/ your child) there - a medical doctor, a nurse or someone else? Base: All respondents
Person Who Usually Treats Asthma Q31. Is the person who usually treats (you/your child) there - a medical doctor, a nurse or someone else? Base: All respondents who see a different doctor rather than the one they consult for their overall healthcare for asthma
Frequency of Consulting Doctors for Asthma Q32a. How often do (you/your child) see a doctor or physician about ( your/your child’s) asthma? Base: All respondents
Specialty of Doctors Seen Most Often for Asthma Q32j. What is the medical specialty of the doctor that (you/your child) see most often for (your/your child’s) asthma? Base: All Filipino respondents (400)
Frequency of Consulting Specialists for Asthma Q33. How often do (you/your child) see a specialist about (your/your child’s) asthma? Base: Respondents who do not most often visit allergy specialist or chest/ respiratory medicine for asthma
Perceived Importance of the Follow-up Visits Q34e. How important do you consider these follow-up visits? Are they … Base: All respondents who have scheduled follow-up visits to their doctors
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - FIGURE 18Frequency of Lung Function Test Q38a. Has (your/your child’s) doctor ever given (you/your child) a lung function test? Q38b. How often has (your/your child’s) lung function been tested in the past year? Base: All respondents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - FIGURE 19Frequency of Lung Function Test by Symptom Severity Index Q38a. Has (your/your child’s) doctor ever given (you/your child) a lung function test? Q38b. How often has (your/your child’s) lung function been tested in the past year? Base: All Filipino respondents (400)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - FIGURE 22Doctor Developed Written Action Plan for Asthma Treatment Q41a. Has (your/your child’s) doctor developed a written action plan for (your/your child’s) asthma treatment? Base: All respondents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - FIGURE 24Underlying Condition Causing Asthma Symptoms Q48. Based on what you know or have heard, what is the underlying condition that causes asthma symptoms? Base: All respondents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - FIGURE 25Awareness of Inflammation as Underlying Condition of Asthma Q48. Based on what you know or have heard, what is the underlying condition that causes asthma symptoms? Answered: Inflammation [Unaided recall] Base: All respondents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - FIGURE 27Asthma Medication Q51. For the management and treatment of asthma, do (you/your child) use medicines obtained from a doctor (prescription medications) only, medicines obtained from a pharmacy according to the old prescription, medicines obtained from a pharmacy (non-prescription) only, or any combination? Base: All respondents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - FIGURE 29Reported Current Use of Inhaled Corticosteroids for Asthma Q52a. What medications currently taken have been prescribed by a doctor (Prescription only)? Q52b. What medications currently taken by (you/your) child were obtained from elsewhere (I.e. not personally prescribed) to (you/your child) by your doctor)? Base: All respondents
EXECTUVE SUMMARY - FIGURE 30All Medicines Used to Treat Asthma by Symptom Severity Index: Preventative Treatment Vs. Quick Relief Bronchodilators Q52a. What medications currently taken have been prescribed by a doctor (Prescription only)? Q52b. What medications currently taken by (you/your) child were obtained from elsewhere (I.e. not personally prescribed) to (you/your child) by your doctor)? Base: All Filipino respondents (400)
The Most Effective Medication in Preventing Asthma Symptoms (Top 10) Q52g. Which of these is most effective preventing asthma symptoms? Base: All respondents who are currently taking medication (399)