Table 3 Rate and duration of cough episodes
From: Acute cough in Italian children: parents’ beliefs, approach to treatment, and the family impact
Total population | Parents’ smoking status | Geographical distribution | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Both smoking | One smoking | None smokers | North-West | North-Est | Center | South and Islands | ||
% child with cough episodes | 91.06% | 95.92% | 90.81% | 90.56% | 89.47% | 94.74% | 91.54% | 88.82% |
Number of episodes (mean episodes per year) | 3.15 | 3.34 | 3.14 | 3.13 | 3.03 | 3.25 | 3.13 | 3.17 |
1–2 episodes | 44.91% | 38.30% | 42.70% | 46.96% | 47.79% | 42.36% | 45.38% | 44.37% |
3–5 episodes | 41.64% | 46.81% | 47.03% | 37.70% | 41.18% | 42.36% | 41.18% | 41.72% |
> 5 episodesa | 13.45% | 14.89% | 10.27% | 15.34% | 11.03% | 15.28% | 13.45% | 13.91% |
Length of episodes (mean days per episode) | 8.42 | 9.06 | 8.50 | 8.27 | 9.15 | 8.22 | 8.36 | 8.02 |
< 7 days | 40.91% | 31.91% | 39.46% | 43.45% | 35.29% | 40.28% | 44.54% | 43.71% |
7–15 days | 53.64% | 61.70% | 55.68% | 50.80% | 56.62% | 56.25% | 49.58% | 51.66% |
16–30 days | 4.73% | 6.38% | 3.78% | 5.11% | 7.35% | 2.78% | 4.20% | 4.64% |
> 30 days | 0.73% | 0.00% | 1.08% | 0.64% | 0.74% | 0.69% | 1.68% | 0.00% |