Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Associations of physical and mental health problems with chronic cough in a representative population cohort. | Cough BioMed Central Open Access Associations of physical and mental health problems with chronic cough in a representative population cohort Robert J Adams 1 Sarah L Appleton1 David H Wilson1 Anne W Taylor2 and Richard E Ruffin1 Address rfhe Health Observatory Discipline of Medicine University of Adelaide The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Campus Woodville South Australia 5011 Australia and Population Research and Outcome Studies Unit South Australian Department of Health Adelaide South Australia 5000 Australia Email Robert J Adams - Sarah L Appleton - David H Wilson - Anne WTaylor - Richard E Ruffin - Corresponding author Published 16 December 2009 Received 21 May 2009 Cough 2009 5 10 doi 186 1745-9974-5-10 Accepted 16 De cember 2009 This article is available from http content 5 1 10 2009 Adams et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Although chronic cough is a common problem in clinical practice data on the prevalence and characteristics of cough in the general population are scarce. Our aim was to determine the prevalence of chronic cough that is not associated with diagnosed respiratory conditions and examine the impact on health status and psychological health in a representative adult population cohort Methods North West Adelaide Health Study n stage 1 4060 stage 2 3160 is a representative population adult cohort. Clinical assessment included spirometry anthropometry and skin tests. Questionnaires assessed demographics lifestyle risk factors quality of life mental health and respiratory symptoms doctor diagnosed .
