Prevention of Work-related Asthma: Study Search Results

Study Details

Prevention Level	Primary
Author	Saary
Study Year	2002
Country	Canada
Molecular Weight of Agent	HMW
Category	Plants
Agent	Latex
Occupation	Dental school students and staff (Repeat of cross-sectional analysis reported by Tarlo, 1997)
Outcome/Diagnosis	Occupational asthma
Activity Intervention	Instituted change from high-protein powdered latex gloves to low-protein non powdered gloves (After 1995 study)
Participation Rate	Participation rate for dental staff could not be determined. Participation rate for students in 2000 was 26%.
Intervention Effectiveness	Prevalence of NRL-related asthma symptoms decreased from 7% (of 97 subjects) in 1995 to 4% (of 131 subjects) in 2000 (not significant). Positive skin prick tests to latex decreased from 10% to 3% (p=0.03). Limitation: Baseline and follow-up cross-sectional samples not entirebly comparable.