title: [Family dysfunction and paediatric patients with asthma].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine family function of pediatric patients with asthma.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Family medicine clinic number 51, Mexican Institute of Social Security, Primary Care, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty families were studied; 25 of which had a pediatric patient previously diagnosed with asthma, and a control group of 25 with pediatric patients without asthma.
  
  
  METHODS
  From September 2006 to February 2007 family function was evaluated using family APGAR and associations were estimated using odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Family dysfunction was more often present in families with asthmatic patients compared to those without; OR=3.7 (95% CI, 1.1-13). Severe dysfunction is markedly higher in families with asthmatic members.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Family dysfunction is more frequent in families with asthmatic children; family functionality should be seen as an important part of the integral approach in those families.
authors.affiliation: Medicina Familiar, Curso de Especialización en Medicina Familiar, Departamento de Educación e Investigación en Salud, Unidad de Medicina Familiar 51, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), Guadalajara, Jalisco, México. dreduardoguzman@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Jaime Eduardo
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Guzmán-Pantoja
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Reyes Barajas-Mendoza
authors.forename: Elba Graciela
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Luce-González
authors.forename: Francisco Javier
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Valadez-Toscano
authors.forename: Elsa Armida
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez-Román
authors.forename: Miguel Angel
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Robles-Romero
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male