TY - JOUR T1 - Risk factors for poor asthma control in asthmatic children JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J VL - 44 IS - Suppl 58 SP - P1174 AU - Fotios Kirvassilis AU - Katerina Chrysaidou AU - Elpis Hatziagorou AU - Nikos Karantaglis AU - John Tsanakas Y1 - 2014/09/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/44/Suppl_58/P1174.abstract N2 - Poor asthma control among asthmatic children has been reported worldwide. Many risk factors were identified. The aim of this study was the identification of risk factors that may be associated with poor asthma control among a population of children attended by an asthma clinic. Patients and methods: Parents of 365 asthmatic children > 2 years old (mean age 7.8 yrs) followed-up by a tertiary asthma clinic, interviewed by a doctor and answered questionnaire about asthma symptoms, activities llimitation, resque madication and exacerbations at the previous 2 months. Mechanical ventilation at the neonatal period, respiratory tract infections at the first year of life, atopies, number of emergency visits and hospitalizations due to asthma, parental asthma history, parental smoking, socioeconomic status, residency conditions, area of living, compliance to treatment as reported by the parents and the training of the parents to use inhaler devices evaluated by the doctor, were recorded. Results: 93/365 (25,48%) of the children achieved control of asthma, 176/365 (48,22%) had partly controlled and 96/365 (26,3%) uncontrolled asthma. Asthma control level significantly correlated with the parental smoking (p=0,02), the training of parents to use inhaler devices (p=0) and parent's perception that the use of the inhaler device was easy (p=0,008). No statistically significant correlation (p>0,05) demonstrated between the level of asthma control and all other factors. Conclusion: In this population of asthmatic children, parental smoking, poor training of the inhaler technique and poor parental perception considering the convenience of the use of the inhaler device, are risk factors found to be correlated with poor asthma control. ER -