Crises asmáticas : reflexões acerca dos fatores determinantes e condicionantes

Abstract

Objective: to reflect about the predisposing factors and determinants of asthma related to the home environment. Method: a reflective study from literature review, allowing the realization of reflective approach expanded and contextualized. There were consulted articles, laws and books, searched on the databases LILACS and MEDLINE, and on the virtual library SciELO. Results: some of predisposing and conditioning factors related to the home environment those can provide asthma attacks are the modernization of the home environment, mites and house dust, humidity, strong odors, plants, animals, cigarette smoke, environmental factors, beyond socioeconomic conditions. Conclusion: The health professional should consider critical as basic the awareness, education and promotion of family health, in order to reduce the factors those predispose to asthma attacks in home environment, achieving thereby more accurate and effective results in controlling asthma.