title: [Respiratory morbidity in family practice in the region of Sousse, Tunisia].
abstract: We determined the profile of respiratory morbidity in family practice in the region a cross-sectional study in 86 primary health care centres in Souse over 1 year (2002-03). Medical records for 3 weeks per season were randomly selected. The International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC) was used to code recorded data. Respiratory diseases ranked first both for reason for consultation (8397/24 882, 33.7%) and for diagnosis made (7788/18 097, 43.0%). Of the 7715 respiratory complaints, cough was the most common complaint (54.8%). Of respiratory diagnoses, 37.1% were acute tonsillitis, 26.5% acute bronchitis and 21.6% were acute respiratory tract infection. Children under 5 years were most affected by acute upper respiratory tract infections (44.5%). Acute bronchitis was the primary diagnosis for patients aged over 45 years.
authors.affiliation: Département de médecine communautaire, Faculté de médecine Ibn El jazzar Sousse, Sousse, Tunisie. thourayaajmi@laposte.net
authors.forename: T N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Ajmi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bougmiza
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zedini
authors.forename: Ghardallou M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: El
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gataa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mtiraoui
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005194:Family Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014416:Tunisia / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult