Relationship between indoor environment and asthma and wheeze severity among rural children and adolescents

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• Personal Author:
  Beach J ; Dosman JA ; Lawson JA ; Newman SC ; Rennie DC ; Senthilselvan A
• Description:
  Few studies have examined the associations between environmental characteristics and asthma severity among children in a rural setting. The authors studied these associations using a number of asthma severity indicators. They conducted a case-control study of 6- to 18-year-old children and adolescents in Humboldt, Saskatchewan, and the surrounding area. Only cases representing subjects reporting wheeze in the past 12 months or doctor-diagnosed asthma were used for the present analysis (n = 98). Data were collected by questionnaire, while vacuumed dust (mattress and play area floor) was used for the quantification of endotoxin exposure, and saliva was used for the measurement of cotinine to assess tobacco smoke exposure. Severity indicators included wheeze frequency, breathing medication use, sleep disruption from wheeze, and school absenteeism, all in the past 12 months. A majority of cases were male (62.3%). Wheezing 1 to 3 times was reported by 40.8% of cases, whereas 17.3% wheezed 4 or more times in the past 12 months. Short-acting beta agonist medications or inhaled corticosteroids alone were used by 24.5% of the cases, whereas 33.7% of the cases used multiple or additional breathing medications. Sleep disruption was reported by 28.6% of the cases, whereas 12.2% reported at least one school absence. High tobacco smoke exposure was associated with increased wheeze frequency. There was an inverse association between play area endotoxin concentration and school absenteeism, with some indication of interaction with tobacco smoke exposure. House-cleaning behaviors and changes in health behaviors resulting from the child's respiratory condition were different between those with and without report of sleep disruption due to wheeze. Several environmental variables were associated with severity indicators. However, the associations were not consistent between indicators, suggesting that other factors or changes in behavior resulting from the disease should be considered when assessing these associations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aging Dust Endotoxins Environmental Exposure Environmental Health Environmental Monitoring Environmental Pollution Hazardous Substances Hypersensitivity Irritants Lung Lung Diseases Occupational Health Particulate Matter Respiratory Hypersensitivity Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Sleep Sleep Initiation And Maintenance Disorders Smoke Surveys And Questionnaires Tobacco Products

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• Keywords:
  Age-groups Allergens Allergic-reactions Allergies Author Keywords: Asthma Breathing Medication Children Children And Adolescents Cotinine Dust-exposure Dust-inhalation Dust-particles Endotoxin Environmental-exposure Environmental-factors Environmental-hazards Environmental-health-monitoring Environmental-pollution Health-hazards Lung-disorders Lung-irritants Particle-aerodynamics Particulates Pulmonary-system Pulmonary-system-disorders Quantitative-analysis Questionnaires Respiratory-hypersensitivity Respiratory-infections Respiratory-irritants Respiratory-system-disorders Risk-factors Rural School Absenteeism Sleep-deprivation Statistical-analysis Tobacco-smoke Tobacco Smoke Exposure Wheeze

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• ISSN:
  1059-924X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 5 ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  277-285
• Volume:
  14
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038747
• Citation:
  J Agromedicine 2009 Apr; 14(2):277-285
• Contact Point Address:
  Joshua A. Lawson, PhD, 3641-103 Hospital Drive, Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture, Royal University Hospital, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 0W8
• Email:
  lawson@sask.usask.ca
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• Performing Organization:
  Marshfield Clinic
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20080901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agromedicine
• End Date:
  20090831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:358383350cb07d8e00d414f55e59a9c41393e7eaf7ec39ff5f1788915081954e4bcee8cfc4647f2d6dfb6e8f8ca6fae53a894cfe062cdfec98fc46284621e47e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/192354/cdc_192354_DS1.pdf
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