Trends and Determinants of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Dessie Comprehensive Specialized Referral Hospital, 2017 to 2022, Ethiopia.
Abstract:
Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a large group of lung diseases characterized by obstruction of air flow that interferes with normal breathing. In fact, COPD recently became the third leading cause of death behind heart disease and cancer. It is estimated that between 12.7 and 14.7 million adults over the age of 18 have a diagnosis of COPD. Objective: To determine trends of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases in Dessie referral hospital from 2017 to 2022, Dessie city Administration, North East, Ethiopia, 2022.
Methods: Institution based case retrospective cross sectional study was conducted from patients medical records at Dessie Referral Hospital between 2017-2022. The data was extracted/collected from all chronic obstructive pulmonary disease medical records the year between 2017-2022. Then the data was analyzing quantitatively using SPSS V-20.0. Finally, the data was summarized and presented in accordance with the variables via tables, and charts.
Result: Prevalence of COPD among patients who attend at Dessie comprehensive specialized referral hospital was 2.2%. The odds of the study subjects with having COPD among age between 40-49years of age (AOR: 2.24:95%CI 1.93-7.11), and 50-59years (AOR: 3.0: 95% CI 2.91-5.27), having family history of asthma (AOR: 4.07: 95% C 3.14-8.33), and patients from the rural area (AOR: 1.93: 95% CI 1.66–5.11) were statistically significant associated with COPD. Therefore, we can conclude that the prevalence of COPD was relatively high. Therefore, increase awareness, about the risk factors and preventive measures how COPD early manifest and the complication if not treated for long period should be recommended.
