Intervention for environmental tobacco smoke avoidance in junior high school students and allergic diseases
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- environmental tobacco exposure asthma, allergic rhinitis, Japanese cedar pollinosis
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000010833
- Lead Sponsor
- Shimoshizu National Hospital
- Brief Summary
After educational intervention, urinary cotinine levels were decreased significantly in both groups. In highly exposed group (>5ng/mg creatinine), the frequency of improvement was higher in intervention group significantly. The intervention was significantly associated with cotinine reduction after adjustment by paternal education. In intervention group, students who completely understood how to avoid environmental tobacco exposure showed higher frequency of reduction of urinary cotinine after intervention.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up continuing
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 700
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
Students with severe development disorder or visual and hearing disabilities
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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