Prevention of Work-related Asthma: Study Search Results

Study Details

Prevention Level	Secondary
Author	Klusackova
Study Year	2006
Country	Czech Republic
Molecular Weight of Agent	Both
Category	Various
Agent	N/A
Occupation	Not specified
Outcome/Diagnosis	Occupational asthma
Activity Intervention	Removal from exposure (average: 6.5 years)
Participation Rate	Limitation: no report of participation rate. There were two groups: 37 patients with occupational asthma and 19 patients without asthma or rhinitis for control group.
Intervention Effectiveness	For patients with occupational asthma: 1. There were no significant differences between the results in asthmatics at first and recent visit. 2. Symptoms of bronchial asthma persisted in 86.5% (32 persons). 3. Positive results of the present histamine challenge test and elevated eosinophiles in sputum were more often (P<0.05) in patients exposed to HMW than exposed to LMW. Comparison of the results for occupational asthma group and control group: More positive results for occupational asthma group than control group for histamine challenge, eosinophil cationic protein levels and skin prick tests (all p<0.05).