Characteristics of Asthma Patients Seeking Care at West Java’s Top Referral Hospital, Indonesia
Abstract: The increasing
incidence of asthma in many countries in recent decades makes asthma a global
health problem. The aim of the study was to determine the characteristics of
asthma patients at the Respirology Outpatient Clinic of Dr. Hasan Sadikin
General Hospital as West Java’s Top referral hospital.
Methods: The study used a cross-sectional design. The study population
was the medical record data of asthma patients at the Respirology Outpatient
Clinic during June 2012–June 2013. There were 1,591 patient’s medical records
at the Respirology Outpatient Clinic of Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital
Bandung in that period and 140 medical records were diagnosed with asthma.
Seventy medical records were excluded because of inadequate data and 70 medical
records were the sample of this study. The collected data were presented using
percentage.
Results: Seventy percent of the cases were female. From these cases 34%
of patients were aged 51–60 years. The
partially controlled type was the most frequent type of asthma (62%). The most
common sign and symptom was shortness of breath (86%). The most common drug
used was Beta 2 agonist drugs (90%).
Conclusions: The characteristic of asthma is that the patients are mostly
female. Mostly the patients were in the age range of 51–60 years. The partially
controlled type is the most frequent type of asthma. Shortness of breath is the
most common clinical manifestation in asthma. Beta 2 agonist is the most used
drug for asthma.
Keywords: Asthma, beta 2
agonist, shortness of breath
Author: Juan Achmad Yudistira,
Emmy Hermiyanti Pranggono, Anna Tjandrawati, Primal Sudjana
Journal Code: jpkedokterangg170087
