A Study of Risk Factors and Associated Symptoms among Patients with Bronchial Asthma Attending Al-Hillah Teaching Hospital

Bronchial asthma is a chronic disorders of respiratory system. It is considered as an important worldwide public health problem. Objectives of the study are to: Identify the risk factors and symptoms which are associated in patient with bronchial asthma and find out the relationship between the risk factors of asthma and symptoms with some demographic variables. Methodology: A descriptive study was started from 25/5/2016 to 7/2/2017in Al-Hilla teaching hospital. a purposive sample of (100) patients with bronchial asthma admitted to Al-Hilla teaching hospital were selected. Results: Most of the patient were male (55%), the highest percentage of their age group were more than (58) years old. This study showed the differences between the risk factors, according to time of attack, ’’ evening’’ reported the highest mean of occurrence (2.20), while the seasonal factors showed that high mean in ‘’spring’’ accounted (2.62). However, this study revealed that there is a significant association between the gender, marital state, academic level and the clinical manifestations. Conclusion: this study showed that there were several factors associated with development of bronchial asthma such as age, economic status stress, smoking, and environmental factors.