Epidemiologic identification of allergic rhinitis

Charpin, D.; Bs, Sibbald; Weeke, Eva; Wüthrich, B

doi:10.1111/j.1398-9995.1996.tb04612.x

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“…We believe that the lack of evidence linking exposure to MWFs or other work conditions to the development of rhinitis or rhinitis-related symptoms is due to the fact that rhinitis is considered a minor disease and common even in the absence of workplace exposure. Another important obstacle to a better understanding of the epidemiology of rhinitis is the absence of a standardized and well validated method for identifying the condition 10) . Although there is no general agreement regarding the definition of rhinitis for use in an epidemiological study, the most common signs and symptoms of chronic rhinitis are nasal stuffiness, rhinorrhea, post-nasal drip, nasal itchiness, and occasional headache 11,12) .…”

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“…Our questionnaire included eight questions relating to rhinitis or nasal problems (nasal stuffiness, anosmia, nasal itchiness, epistaxis, runny nose, post-nasal drip, rhinorrhea, occasional headache), which were used in other studies 3,[10][11][12][13][14][15][16] . Subjects were asked if they experienced "a problem with these symptoms at work on a weekly basis".…”

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“…Although there is no general agreement regarding the definition of rhinitis for use in an epidemiological study, the most common signs and symptoms of chronic rhinitis are nasal stuffiness, rhinorrhea, post-nasal drip, nasal itchiness, and occasional headache 11,12) . Questions based on these symptoms have been used to define rhinitis in several studies 10,[13][14][15][16] . Some of these symptoms were previously used to examine the prevalence of rhinitis in plants that use MWFs in the manufacturing of automobile parts.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Association between Use of Synthetic Metalworking Fluid and Risk of Developing Rhinitis‐related Symptoms in an Automotive Ring Manufacturing Plant

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Koh

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Journal of Occupational Health

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Association between Use of Synthetic Metalworking Fluid and Risk of Developing Rhinitisrelated Symptoms in an Automotive RingManufacturing Plant: Dong-Uk PARK, et al. Department of Environmental Health, Korea National Open University, Korea-The main objective of this study was to determine the association between synthetic metalworking fluid (MWF) and rhinitis-related symptoms. At a plant manufacturing piston rings for automobiles, we interviewed grinders (19) and manufacturing workers (142) in operations where synthetic or semisynthetic MWF is handled, and administrative office workers (44) regarding the principal symptoms of rhinitis (nasal stuffiness, runny nose, anosmia, nasal itchiness, rhinorrhea, headache, epistaxis, and post-nasal drip). In addition, we assessed the current exposure of workers handling MWF to MWF aerosols, fungi, and endotoxins. Logistic regression analysis was used to examine the association between MWF surrogates indicative of MWF exposure and each rhinitis-related nasal symptom. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals were adjusted for sex, age, smoking habit, and duration of employment. Among grinders handling synthetic MWF, the frequency of complaints of the dominant symptoms was 66.7% for nasal stuffiness, 77.8% for anosmia, 77.8% for runny nose, and 50.0% for headache. These rates are quite high even allowing for the common occurrence of rhinitis in the general population. Twenty eight of 34 grinding and manufacturing workers (82.4%) sampled were exposed to MWF mist above the threshold limit of 0.2 mg/m 3

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Association between Use of Synthetic Metalworking Fluid and Risk of Developing Rhinitis‐related Symptoms in an Automotive Ring Manufacturing Plant

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Koh

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“…There is no general agreement about the definition of rhinitis for use in epidemiologic studies. We used a combination of self-reported symptoms such as nasal blockage, sneezing, or runny nose, which has also been proposed by others (15,(32)(33)(34). Standardized postal questionnaires have been compared with face-to-face interviews using this question, and, on the assumption that the interview responses reflected the truth, the specificity was 91% and the sensitivity was 96% (13).…”

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“…Rhinitis has previously been defined as the presence of nasal symptoms such as nasal congestion, secretion, itching, and sneezing (12). Questions based on these symptoms have been used in several studies to define rhinitis (13)(14)(15). Rhinitis unrelated to infection is not considered as medically serious a disease as asthma; however, Bousquet et al (16) found health-related quality of life to be worse among those with rhinitis than among those with asthma (16).…”

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