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Asthma status and severity affects missed school days
Sheniz A Moonie1, David A Sterling, Larry Figgs
1Clark County Health District, Office of Epidemiology, Las Vegas, NV 89127, USA. sheniz@cs.com
The Journal of School Health
|February 7, 2006
Summary
Children with asthma miss more school days than their peers. Asthma severity directly correlates with increased absenteeism, highlighting a significant impact on education.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Health
- Public Health
- Educational Psychology
Background:
- Excessive school absence is linked to learning disruption and dropout.
- Children with asthma experience higher rates of absenteeism than healthy peers.
- Causes of asthma-related absenteeism require further documentation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To compare mean absence days between students with and without asthma.
- To examine the relationship between asthma severity and school absenteeism.
- To identify asthma-related causes for student absences in an urban school district.
Main Methods:
- Cross-sectional analysis of 9014 students (K-12) during the 2002-2003 academic year.
- Assessment of asthma severity and absence causes in a subset of 543 students with asthma.
- Statistical comparison of absence days based on asthma status and severity.
Main Results:
- Students with asthma (9.7%) had 1.5 more mean absence days (9.2) than those without (7.9) (p=.006).
- Absenteeism increased with asthma severity: mild intermittent (8.5), mild persistent (11.3), moderate persistent (10.3), severe persistent (11.6) (p=.001).
- Asthma-related symptoms accounted for 31% (478/1537) of illness-related absences.
Conclusions:
- Children with asthma are absent more frequently than their non-asthmatic peers.
- Increased asthma severity is a significant driver of school absenteeism.
- Addressing asthma management is crucial for reducing educational disparities.
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