Harmesh Moudgil|D. Honeybourne
Differences in asthma management between white European and Indian subcontinent ethnic groups living in socioeconomically deprived areas in the Birmingham (UK) conurbation
Birmingham City Hospital|Birmingham City Hospital
hospital admission rates asthma higher asian indian subcontinent isc ethnic minority groups uk white europeans may part due differences uptake delivery preventative health care strategies extent targeted education treatment programmes reach groups needs determinedsix hundred eighty nine asthmatic subjects 345 344 isc mean sd age 345 15 years range 1159 mean forced expiratory volume one second fev1 80 predicted districts high ethnicity socioeconomic deprivation within inner city birmingham reviewed appropriate dialect english punjabi hindi urdu community based studydata adjusted age analysed separately men women f showed significant differences numbers reporting previous asthma education assessment delivery techniques taught medications significant differences advice trigger factors 52 vs 42 f 56 vs 42 recognition symptoms 51 vs 43 f 53 vs 33 ownership peak flow meters 35 vs 22 f 36 vs 24 isc groups respectively antiinflammatory asthma medications highly prescribed self reported drug compliance 73 vs 62 understanding medications f 59 vs 39 self management f 23 vs 12 varied significantly asthma follow community low groups isc subjects also followed hospitalthe management ethnic groups centred drug prescription delivery techniques compliance deficient particularly isc group developing understanding disease self management