anxiety disorder among adolescents with asthma in zanjan

Background & objective: asthma is the most common inflammatory disorder of respiratory system. the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of asthma and association of asthma with anxiety among 13-14-year-old students in zanjan. materials & methods: in this cross-sectional study 1500 students were randomly selected by cluster random sampling; issac questionnaire was filled by face to face interview and patients with asthma were recognized and their anxiety status was also measured using zung questionnaire. results: a total of 225 students (15%) had symptoms of mild to moderate asthma. the frequency of anxiety among students with and without asthma was 38.7% and 26.7% respectively. there was a significant correlation between asthma with anxiety (p=0.0001). the odds ratio for anxiety in asthmatic group was 1.73, ci95% (1.16- 2.58). conclusion: these results showed higher prevalence of asthma and anxiety in adolescents and significant correlation between asthma and anxiety.