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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in women using biomass fuels attending Damanhour chest hospital

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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Chest

Abstract

Background: Different studies showed an association between biomass fuel exposure and chronic respiratory symptoms than spirometric abnormalities in exposed women. Objective: To assess the use of biomass fuel by women in rural areas at Damanhur, Egypt, as a contributing factor to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) development. Methodology: The present cross-sectional study was conducted on 80 females regularly use biomass fuel for years attended the Damanhour chest hospital during the period from November 2019 to August 2020. All of them were subjected to history taking including duration of biomass fuel exposure, respiratory symptoms, comorbidities, then spirometry was performed. Results: A total of 49 (61.2%) females have COPD and 31 (38.8%) females had no COPD. Moreover, 56 (70%) females had small airway affection and 24 (30%) females had no small airway affection. Females having COPD had significantly longer duration of biomass exposure with a higher prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) than those with no COPD. The most significant predictive factors for COPD descending order were: dyspnea (ꞵ = - 3.9, p <0.001), cough, (ꞵ= - 2.55, p <0.001), and DM (ꞵ = - 2.3, p <0.003) and duration of biomass exposure (ꞵ = -  0.94, p <0.001). Conclusion:  COPD was prevalent among women who use biomass fuel and it was linked to the presence of respiratory symptoms, DM, and a longer duration of biomass exposure.

DOI

10.21608/jram.2024.302004.1252

Keywords

Biomass fuel, COPD, risk factors of COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Pulmonary function tests

Authors

First Name

Eman

Last Name

Sharf

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Damnhour Chest Hospital, Beheira, Egypt.

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emansharf568@gmail.com

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First Name

Sabah

Last Name

Oraby

MiddleName

S.

Affiliation

Chest Diseases Department, Faculty of Medicine for Girls, Cairo, Al-Azhar University, Egypt

Email

sabahoraby52@yahoo.com

City

cairo

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First Name

Heba

Last Name

Eltrawy

MiddleName

H.

Affiliation

Chest Diseases Department, Faculty of Medicine for Girls, Cairo, Al-Azhar University, Egypt

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hebahamed182@gmail.com

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cairo

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Volume

5

Article Issue

2

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51601

Issue Date

2024-07-01

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2024-08-20

Publish Date

2024-07-01

Page Start

121

Page End

127

Print ISSN

2636-252X

Online ISSN

2636-2538

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https://jram.journals.ekb.eg/article_381369.html

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381,369

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Original Article

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676

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Journal of Recent Advances in Medicine

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https://jram.journals.ekb.eg/

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in women using biomass fuels attending Damanhour chest hospital

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24 Dec 2024