Prevention of Work-related Asthma: Study Search Results

Study Details

Prevention Level	Secondary
Author	Brant
Study Year	2006
Country	UK
Molecular Weight of Agent	HMW
Category	Biological enzymes
Agent	Detergent enzymes
Occupation	Detergent industry workers
Outcome/Diagnosis	Occupational asthma
Activity Intervention	Removal from exposure (average: 37 months)
Participation Rate	35 of 45 ex-employees (78 %) with occupational asthma
Intervention Effectiveness	25 of 35 (71%) people reported chest symptoms in last month Compared with when working at the factory, most (86%) reported that their symptoms had improved 20 (57%) people still needed to see their general practitioner for symptoms and 19 (54%) continued to use medication. 33 (94%) subjects still had positive skin prick tests to one or more detergent enzymes Only 16 (46%) and 4 (11%) found full or part-time job, respectively. There was difficulty to find new job after leaving the factory.