TÌNH HÌNH MẮC BỆNH VÀ MỘT SỐ YẾU TỐ LIÊN QUAN ĐẾN BỆNH PHỔI TẮC NGHẼN MẠN TÍNH Ở NGƯỜI DÂN TỪ 40 TUỔI TRỞ LÊN TẠI THÀNH PHỐ SÓC TRĂNG NĂM 2020 - 2021

Abstract

  Background: The chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD is one of the four leading causes of death and the third leading cause of death in the world by 2020. With the increasing nature of both the mortality rate as well as the degree of disability. COPD was ranked eighth among causes of disease burden as measured by life years lost to disability (DALYs) in 2015. Objectives: To determine the prevalence and find out some related factors of COPD in the people aged 40 and over in Soc Trang City 2020-2021. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional descriptive situdy was conducted on 1149 people in aged 40 years and older in Soc Trang city. Results: The prevalence of people aged 40 and over with COPD was 5.2%. Some of the factors that are actually associated to the COPD include: smoking (the rate of COPD in the group of smokers (from 20 packs/year) was 361.8 times higher (95% CI: 28.9-4522.8) compared with the group of non-smokers. and 4.843 times higher (95% CI: 1.589-14.761) compared with smokers (from 10-20 packs/year), exposure to kitchen smoke for a long time (>10 years) was 112.62 times higher (95% CI: 19.3-655.9) than in the non-exposed group and 12.237 times higher (95% CI: 2.535- 59.061) compared with the group with less than 10 years of exposure. Conclusion: The prevalence of COPD in in the people aged 40 and over of Soc Trang city was at an alarming rate. Soc Trang province’s health sector needs to more attention to improve the health education and communication measures, strengthen knowledge, raise awareness of the people in order to prevent of the COPD effectively.