Publications by authors named "Ahmet Iteginli"
The psychological status and quality of life of 70 stable patients with asthma age > or =60 years and 40 age-matched comparison subjects were examined. The patients with long-standing asthma (duration > or = 8 years) had lower quality-of-life scores than those with recent-onset asthma (duration < 8 years). In multivariate linear regression analysis with adjustment for age, gender duration of disease, and level of bronchial hyperreactivity, worse quality of life was predicted by anxiety, depression, and asthma severity scores.
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- Workers in gun factories who are exposed to solvents show higher rates of asthma-related symptoms compared to those unexposed, especially among non-smokers (39.7% vs. 21.7%).
- Both smoking and solvent exposure are independent risk factors for these symptoms, with smoking being the most significant contributor.
- Overall, the study highlights the detrimental impact of both smoking and solvent exposure on respiratory health among gun factory workers.
The perception of dyspnoea differs between subjects with obstructive pulmonary diseases, partly because the underlying mechanisms for bronchoconstriction are different. We investigated the perception of bronchoconstriction in subjects with bronchiectasis, asthma and chronic bronchitis and possible contributing factors. Forty-seven non-smoking subjects with bronchiectasis, 50 subjects with asthma and 31 with chronic bronchitis were challenged with histamine.
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