Source: Annual Congress 2002 - Exposure to chemicals
Disease area: Airway diseases, Paediatric lung diseases

Abstract

Epidemiological studies suggest that there may be an association between the indoor environment and the prevalence of allergic diseases. The aim of our study was to investigate the effect of indoor environment on the prevalence of symptoms related to asthma and allergic diseases among adult population living in Diyarbakir, using a European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS) based questionnaire. The questionnaire was distributed through the school children to the parents and relatives living in the same house with the child. Totally, 1416 (88.5%) of 1600 individuals (male= 659, female= 757) with a mean age of 34.7yrs (range=16-80yrs) filled the questionnaire. Our results demonstrated that wheezing in last 12 months was significantly more common in pet-owners (36.8%), smokers (33.9%) and individuals living in homes where coal or wood was used for heating (36.4), as compared to people who have no pets (28.7%, p<0.01), non-smokers (27.6%, p<0.05) or individuals living in homes with central heating (25.4%, p<0.001), respectively. Similarly, allergic rhinitis and flexural eczema were more frequent among pet-owners (38.9% and 17.5%, respectively) and people using coal or wood for heating (35.1% and 18.9%, respectively) when compared to subjects living in homes with no pets (27.3%, p<0.001 and 12.6%, p<0.05, respectively) or those living in homes with central heating (25.1%, p<0.01 and 9.22%, p<0.01, respectively). Our findings demonstrate that the indoor environmental factors may have an effect on the prevalence of asthma and allergic diseases in people residing in Diyarbakir, Turkey.
These studies were supported by Dicle University Research Fund.

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H. Bayram, G. Saka, A. Ceylan, Y. Palanci, R. Işik (Diyarbakir, Turkey). The influence of indoor environment on the prevalence of symptoms related to asthma and allergic disease in Diyarbakir, Southeast Turkey. Eur Respir J 2002; 20: Suppl. 38, 865

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