Incidence of respiratory diseases in homes that cook with polluting fuel

Cieza C.A.M.; de la Cruz Chanduví Calderón W.; Gómez C.D.M.; Galarza R.M.C.; Calizaya A.A.M. · Boletin de Malariologia y Salud Ambiental (2023) · DOI: 10.52808/bmsa.8e7.632.009

Resumen

Currently in Peru it is estimated that around 5 million people use polluting fuels as their primary source of domestic energy. The objective was to determine the incidence of respiratory diseases in homes that cook with polluting fuel in a community of Cajamarca, Peru. The study was descriptive and cross-sectional during the first semester of 2022. The sample consisted of 159 heads of household belonging to a rural community in Cajamarca. As a data collection instrument, a 10-item survey was applied that included sociodemographic data and respiratory symptoms. For data analysis, a table was designed with the information collected in Microsoft Excel and processed with the statistical package SPSS 20.0 to obtain incidences and relationship between variables through Chi square with p < 0.05. As results, an incidence of respiratory diseases of 59.75% was found, 67.92% used firewood, 18.87% coal and 9.43% manure, the most affected gender was sex with 36.48%, however, no significant statistical association was found between gender and the incidence of respiratory diseases (X2: 0.0002; p: 0.9884), the age of 30-39 had an incidence of respiratory diseases of 24.53%, within the symptoms were cough (95.79%), expectoration (87.37%), weakness (43.16%), difficulty breathing (40.00%) and tachycardia (31.58%). In conclusion, it is necessary to carry out public actions that can reduce the use of polluting fuels in homes in order to reduce the incidence of respiratory diseases in rural areas of Peru.

Instituciones: Universidad Tecnológica del Perú; Universidad Privada de Huancayo Franklin Roosevelt; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Chota