An Observational Study to Assess the Prevalence and Impact of Obesity in Asthma Management

Abstract

Objectives: To assess the prevalence of obesity among asthmatic patients and their clinical profile to the treatment there by managing asthma among obese patients and to evaluate sex differences in the relationship between asthma and obesity in adult asthmatic patients. Methodology: A prospective study was conducted among the outpatients of pulmonology department for a period of 6 months duration in a tertiary care referral hospital. 100 asthmatic patients above 18 years of age were enrolled from Malabar region of Kerala, India in order to evaluate the effectiveness of pharmacist intervention in reducing the asthma severity, Exacerbation and No: of hospitalization. Results: The total number of patients involved in the study was 100. Out of these 37% was found to be obese (class I and class II). Fischer’s exact test was performed and p value was found to be Key words: Asthma, Obesity, Prevalence, Exacerbation, Gina criteria, Act score.