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Mansouri M, Sharifi F, Tabatabaee SS, et al. Prevalence of Ever Self-Reported Asthma and Associated Factors among University Students in Iran: A Population-Based Study. Int J Prev Med. 2020;11:54doi: 10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_453_18.
Mansouri, M., Sharifi, F., Tabatabaee, S. S., Heidari, E., Yaghubi, H., Keshtkar, A., Tabrizi, Y. M., Arzaghi, M., & Varmaghani, M. (2020). Prevalence of Ever Self-Reported Asthma and Associated Factors among University Students in Iran: A Population-Based Study. International journal of preventive medicine, 1154. https://doi.org/10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_453_18
Mansouri, Masoume, et al. "Prevalence of Ever Self-Reported Asthma and Associated Factors among University Students in Iran: A Population-Based Study." International journal of preventive medicine vol. 11 (2020): 54. doi: https://doi.org/10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_453_18
Mansouri M, Sharifi F, Tabatabaee SS, Heidari E, Yaghubi H, Keshtkar A, Tabrizi YM, Arzaghi M, Varmaghani M. Prevalence of Ever Self-Reported Asthma and Associated Factors among University Students in Iran: A Population-Based Study. Int J Prev Med. 2020 Apr 30;11:54. doi: 10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_453_18. eCollection 2020. PMID: 32577184; PMCID: PMC7297423.
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Int J Prev Med. 2020 Apr 30;11:54. doi: 10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_453_18. eCollection 2020.

Prevalence of Ever Self-Reported Asthma and Associated Factors among University Students in Iran: A Population-Based Study.

International journal of preventive medicine

Masoume Mansouri, Farshad Sharifi, Seyed Saeed Tabatabaee, Elham Heidari, Hamid Yaghubi, Abasali Keshtkar, Yousef Moghadas Tabrizi, Masoud Arzaghi, Mehdi Varmaghani

Affiliations

  1. Student Health Services, Health Center of Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
  2. Elderly Health Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  3. Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
  4. Non-Communicable Disease Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  5. Department of Psychology, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran.
  6. Department of Health Sciences Education Development, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  7. Department of Physical and Sport Medicine Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Science, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran.

PMID: 32577184 PMCID: PMC7297423 DOI: 10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_453_18

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Asthma is a chronic inflammatory airway disease with regressive episodic symptoms. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of asthma ever (lifetime prevalence of asthma) and the associated factors among newly entered students in public universities in Iran.

METHODS: This population-based cross-sectional study was part of the "Mental and Physical Health Assessment of University Students in Iran." The target population included all newly admitted students (

RESULTS: Of a total of 79,277 participants, 55.23% (

CONCLUSIONS: Our study provides valuable information about the prevalence of asthma ever symptoms among university students in Iran. In fact, the results of this study can fill information gaps concerning the affected groups in Iran, and even worldwide.

Copyright: © 2020 International Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Keywords: Asthma; Iran; prevalence; students

Conflict of interest statement

There are no conflicts of interest.

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