Search

Your search keyword '"Occupational skin diseases"' showing total 2 results
Start Over Descriptor "Occupational skin diseases" Language croatian
2 results on '"Occupational skin diseases"'

1. Comparison of beautician and hairdressing apprentices with regard to skin health and skin barrier function

Author

Babić Željka, Samardžić Tea, and Macan Jelena

Subjects
hand eczema, occupational skin diseases, safety at work, transepidermal water loss, vocational training, ekcem šaka, profesionalne bolesti kože, strukovno obrazovanje, transepidermalni gubitak vode, zaštita na radu, Toxicology. Poisons, RA1190-1270
Abstract

Hairdressing and beautician apprentices are at high risk of occupational skin diseases. Our objective was to compare the prevalence of skin symptoms and the condition of skin barrier between them at the end of vocational training. We recruited 101 hairdressing and 76 beautician apprentices (overall median age 17 years), who reported their history of skin symptoms through the Croatian translation of the Nordic Occupational Skin Questionnaire (NOSQ-2002) and had their hand skin clinically examined and evaluated with the Osnabrück Hand Eczema Severity Index (OHSI). Transepidermal water loss (TEWL) was measured following the standard procedure. Hairdressing apprentices reported significantly higher prevalence of hand/wrist eczema or urticaria than beautician apprentices (35 % vs 25 %, respectively; P=0.041) and higher severity of current hand eczema [median (range) 1.5 (0–8) vs 0.5 (0–4), respectively; P20 times a day [median (interquartile range): 24.4 (19.7–33.7) vs 18.8 (15.4–23.2) g/ m2/h, respectively; P

Published
2020
Full Text
View/download PDF

2. Extended documentation for hand dermatitis patients: Pilot study on irritant exposures

Author

Maria Pesonen, Wolfgang Uter, Andrea Bauer, Richard Brans, Marie-Noëlle Crépy, Carola Lidén, Lynda Bensefa-Colas, Suzana Ljubojević Hadžavdić, Mark Wilkinson, Francesca Larese Filon, Marie L A Schuttelaar, Ana Giménez-Arnau, Public Health Research (PHR), Uter, W., Bauer, A., Bensefa-Colas, L., Brans, R., Crepy, M. -N., Gimenez-Arnau, A., Larese Filon, F., Ljubojevic Hadzavdic, S., Pesonen, M., Schuttelaar, M. L., Wilkinson, M., and Liden, C.

Subjects
Male, Allergic Contact, exposure assessment, Dermatitis, Pilot Projects, contact dermatitis, epidemiology, hand dermatitis, irritants, occupational skin disease, Adult, Aged, Dermatitis, Allergic Contact, Dermatitis, Irritant, Dermatitis, Occupational, Europe, Female, Humans, Irritants, Middle Aged, Occupational Exposure, Patch Tests, Young Adult, Health Personnel, Irritant, 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases, 0302 clinical medicine, Documentation, Health care, Epidemiology, Immunology and Allergy, Medicine, Young adult, hand dermatitis, irritants, Patch Test, Occupational, Cohort, Human, medicine.medical_specialty, irritant, Dermatology, 03 medical and health sciences, contact dermatiti, Pilot Project, COHORT, OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES, Exposure assessment, business.industry, CARE, medicine.disease, 030228 respiratory system, Emergency medicine, Etiology, hand dermatiti, business, Contact dermatitis
Abstract

BackgroundIrritant exposure may be a contributory cause or the sole cause of (occupational) hand dermatitis. However, the documentation of irritant exposures in clinical practice is not standardized.ObjectivesTo examine the feasibility and usefulness of a form with different items addressing both occupational and non-occupational irritant exposures in a semiquantitative way.MethodsBetween May 2016 and May 2017, successive patients with work-related hand dermatitis, irrespective of aetiology, were examined in 9 specialized European departments. Department-specific investigation was supplemented with the above proforma. The results were recorded by use of an anonymized secured online documentation system in a pilot study.ResultsAltogether, 193 patients were included; 114 females and 79 males, with a mean age of 40years (range 18-68years). The most common occupational group comprised healthcare workers (n =35); occupational exposure of the hands to gloves, dusts and water without detergents of >2hours/day was seen in 54.5%, 24.4% and 24.3% of patients, respectively. Non-occupational exposures rarely exceeded 2hours/day.ConclusionsIt is hoped that the set of descriptors will offer a basis for (clinical) epidemiological studies assessing the role of irritant exposures in occupational hand dermatitis, and to support a high level of quality and consistency in daily patient care.

Published
2018

Catalog

Books, media, physical & digital resources
See catalog results