Study team will obtain a list of all patients who have been seen in A+E over the past 6 years with a discharge diagnosis of asthma. Their history will be reviewed from their A+E notes. Team will obtain weight and height from Electronic prescribing tool and will obtain compliance information and past medical history from participant's GP records. Team will use participant's postcode to word out socio economic status quintile using office of national statistics tool. The following information will be taken from hospital documentation and from GP records.
All Asthmatics patients who attend Emergency department over 5 years
None Asthmatics.
The gender split changes with age: at age 11 years the relative risk of boys compared to girls within asthma population is 1.1 and by age 16 years the relative risk is 0.669. This change in gender association for asthma is poorly understood but highlights the complexities of asthma epidemiology. Adult asthma patients are more likely to be female and the study team would like to investigate if hormonal factors are related to reasons for presentation. This is difficult to elucidate in a retrospective study so the team is hoping that this study will inform them so they can undertake a prospective funded study regarding this service.
Cohort
Retrospective
Not listed
Change in body weight
Information will be taken from hospital documentation and from GP records.
Change in body height
Information will be taken from hospital documentation and from GP records.
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