Prevention of Work-related Asthma: Study Search Results

Study Details

Prevention Level	Secondary
Author	Vandenplas
Study Year	2002
Country	Belgium
Molecular Weight of Agent	HMW
Category	Plants
Agent	Latex
Occupation	Various occupations (Includes cohort reported by Vandeplas, 1995)
Outcome/Diagnosis	Occupational asthma
Activity Intervention	Removal from exposure, reduction in exposure (median: 56 months)
Participation Rate	36 of 44 eligible subjects (Participation rate: 82%)
Intervention Effectiveness	For subjects who avoided exposure (n=16), asthma severity decreased (p=0.001) and PC20 increased (p=0.002). For subjects who reduced their exposure (n=20), asthma severity decreased (p<0.001), and PC20 increased (p<0.001). But socioeconomic consequences (work disability, income loss) were more frequently associated with cessation than reduction of exposure (p<0.05).