[Acute respiratory infections (ARI) in the 0-14 years of age group during the winter period].
OBJECTIVE
Identification of factors associated with suffering Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI).


METHODS
A descriptive study using a direct survey.


METHODS
"El Naranjo" Primary Care team, Area 9 Madrid.


METHODS
362 patients between 0 and 14.


RESULTS
362 interviews were carried out, covering items connected with personal background, living conditions, situation and quality of life and activities, 180 patients attending with clinical symptoms of ARI were interviewed, as well as 182 who attended during the same period for other reasons. The profile of the patients interviewed was mainly: females between 6 and 10, with more history of catarrh than any other pathology, and who had taken aspirin to treat symptoms and mainly Penicillin as an aetiological treatment. They lived in homes measuring 100 square metres, with three bed-rooms which were shared in the main by two people, and had one brother aged between 1 and 9.


CONCLUSIONS
No protective factors against ARI were found in the group of children studied.
Blázquez Hernanz
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EAP El Naranjo, Area 9, Madrid.
Llamas Sandino
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Blázquez Hernanz
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012621:Seasons; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology