[Family dysfunction and paediatric patients with asthma].
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.
Guzmán-Pantoja
Jaime Eduardo
JE
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
Reyes Barajas-Mendoza
Eduardo
E
Luce-González
Elba Graciela
EG
Valadez-Toscano
Francisco Javier
FJ
Gutiérrez-Román
Elsa Armida
EA
Robles-Romero
Miguel Angel
MA
D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male