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Revista alergia México
versión On-line ISSN 2448-9190
Resumen
VAZQUEZ, Eliza Mireya et al. Factors associated with tobacco use in patients with asthma during the confinement due to COVID-19 in an urban region with high numbers of SARS-CoV-2 infections. Rev. alerg. Méx. [online]. 2021, vol.68, n.4, pp.218-224. Epub 08-Abr-2022. ISSN 2448-9190. https://doi.org/10.29262/ram.v68i4.922.
Objective:
To determine the prevalence and risk factors associated with tobacco use during the period of confinement in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods:
Through an analytical and cross-sectional study, the data of 2, 372 participants were analyzed. The information was collected through a self-administered questionnaire that was built with the Google Forms tool, which was distributed and applied via email and WhatsApp; the private messaging platform. The relationship between the independent variables and the outcome was determined by multivariate logistic regression analysis.
Results:
Out of the total population, 69.3 % were women, the median age was 20.11±2.01 years, the prevalence of asthma was 12.2 %, and the active tobacco use was 13.3 %. There was a higher number of patients with asthma who smoked (14.2 vs. 13.2 %) than of those who didn’t have asthma. The multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that factors like considering that COVID-19 does not exist and not being confined were related to tobacco use in patients with asthma during the implementation of the contingency plan that the COVID-19 pandemic represents.
Conclusions:
During confinement to home for COVID-19, the prevalence of tobacco use is higher in patients with asthma than in individuals without this ailment; the factors that favor the aforementioned are present in the family environment.
Palabras llave : Comorbidity; Asthma; Smoking; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2.