Publications by authors named "Kirthi D Gunasekera"
Article Synopsis
- The study analyzed stable COPD patients across seven Asian cities to understand how exposure to biomass fuels and dusty jobs affects their respiratory health and quality of life.
- Patients with a history of biomass fuel exposure and dusty jobs experienced more severe symptoms like cough and wheeze, as well as worse airflow limitation and health-related quality of life compared to those without such exposures.
- The findings indicate that environmental factors related to work and household practices significantly impact the health of COPD patients in these regions.
Background And Objective: Accurate assessment of control is an integral part of asthma management. We investigated the relationship between control status derived from the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA), the Asthma Control Test (ACT) and urgent health-care utilization.
Methods: Asthma Insights and Reality in Asia-Pacific Phase 2 (AIRIAP 2) was a cross-sectional, community-based survey of 4805 subjects with asthma from urban centres across Asia.