Healthcare Report: Summarizing Asthma Research in the UAE Context

This report provides a summary of three articles focusing on asthma in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The first article discusses the research activity related to asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Arab countries, highlighting the need for increased research funding. The second article investigates the prevalence of asthma in the UAE, revealing that more women are prone to asthma than men, based on survey data. The third article assesses the economic cost of asthma in Dubai, UAE, using the Delphi panel method and Dubai Statistics Center data, concluding that asthma imposes a significant financial burden on both patients and the nation. Together, these articles offer a comprehensive overview of asthma's research, prevalence, and economic impact within the UAE context.

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One purpose for choosing the three articles is that they all have elaborated the issue of
asthma in UAE. Each article shows a different topic supporting the aspect of asthma in countries
found in UAE. Therefore, the paper encapsulates a summary of the three articles as shown
below;
Sweileh, W. M., Al-Jabi, S. W., Sa’ed, H. Z., & Sawalha, A. F. (2014). Bronchial asthma and
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: research activity in Arab
countries. Multidisciplinary respiratory medicine, 9(1), 38.
Introduction
The article elaborates on how chronic respiratory disease is a dangerous disease like asthma. The
purpose of the report was to support how Arab countries have failed to explore conditions such
as asthma. Therefore, the article tried to use secondary sources that addresses the issue relating to
asthma in Arab countries. The methodology section shows how scientific articles containing
asthma-related concepts were analyzed. The selection of the items followed a unique criterion.
The findings revealed that there was low research on an aspect of asthma in Arab countries. The
article calls for more resources to be allocated to research fields to investigate more on COPD
and asthma.
Mahboub, B. H., Al-Hammadi, S., Rafique, M., Sulaiman, N., Pawankar, R., Al Redha, A. I., &
Mehta, A. C. (2012). Population prevalence of asthma and its determinants based on
European Community Respiratory Health Survey in the United Arab Emirates. BMC
pulmonary medicine, 12(1), 4.
The article starts by explaining how asthma is a dangerous disease that can manifest at any
age. The source, therefore, aimed to show that no single research has tried to explain how asthma

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in adults has been spreading in the United Arab Emirates. Thus, to support the research question,
the study used a survey as method of data collection to analyze the issue of asthma in seven
emirates in the United Arab Emirates. The findings were that more women were prone to asthma
as compared to men. Gender differences have not been identified with asthma symptoms, and
that is why no precise observation of young people.
Mahboub, B. H., Safarini, B., AbdulAziz, M., & Mustafa, G. (2013). Cost of Asthma in Dubai,
United Arab Emirates (UAE). J Pulmon Resp Med, 3(2).
The cost of asthma is a burden to patients and also to the economy. The purpose of the
study is to evaluate the cost of asthma in the UAE. According to the source, asthma attacks all
ages, and it also causes some challenges. The study used Delphi panel method to analyze data
from Dubai Statistics Center 2009 census that contained cost of asthma incurred by patients. The
whole procedure used involved the assessment of the population whose age was above five
years. The cost of drugs and the expenses incurred in healthcare centers by patients was also
analyzed. Therefore, after a thorough investigation of the data and statistics, the findings
indicated that the total cost in Dubai was a figure of about 88 million Dirhams. The idea is that
asthma has caused an enormous economic burden to patients and also to the nations in the UAE.

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References
Mahboub, B. H., Al-Hammadi, S., Rafique, M., Sulaiman, N., Pawankar, R., Al Redha, A. I., &
Mehta, A. C. (2012). Population prevalence of asthma and its determinants based on
European Community Respiratory Health Survey in the United Arab Emirates. BMC
pulmonary medicine, 12(1), 4.
Mahboub, B. H., Safarini, B., AbdulAziz, M., & Mustafa, G. (2013). Cost of Asthma in Dubai,
United Arab Emirates (UAE). J Pulmon Resp Med, 3(2).
Sweileh, W. M., Al-Jabi, S. W., Sa’ed, H. Z., & Sawalha, A. F. (2014). Bronchial asthma and
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: research activity in Arab
countries. Multidisciplinary respiratory medicine, 9(1), 38.