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Hygiene hypothesis: association between hygiene and asthma among preschool children in Lebanon
Hallit, Souheil; Sacre, Hala; Kheir, Nelly; Hobeika, Eva; Hallit, Rabih; Waked, Mirna; Salameh, Pascale.
Afiliação
  • Hallit, Souheil; Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK). Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences. Jounieh. Lebanon
  • Sacre, Hala; Institut National de Santé Publique (INSPECT-LB), Epidémiologie Clinique et Toxicologie - Liban. Beiurt. Lebanon
  • Kheir, Nelly; Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross. Research Department. Jal Eddib. Lebanon
  • Hobeika, Eva; Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK). Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Jounieh. Lebanon
  • Hallit, Rabih; Notre Dame des Secours University Hospital. Department of Infectious Disease. Byblos. Lebanon
  • Waked, Mirna; Saint Georges Hospital. Department of Pulmunology. Achrafieh. Lebanon
  • Salameh, Pascale; Univeristy of Nicosia. Faculty of Medicine. Nicosia. Cyprus
Allergol. immunopatol ; 49(1): 135-145, ene.-feb. 2021. tab, graf
Artigo em Inglês | IBECS | ID: ibc-199235
Biblioteca responsável: ES1.1
Localização: BNCS
ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVES:

To validate a scale to assess the hygiene hypothesis and the association between hygiene and asthma among Lebanese preschool children aged 3-5 years.

METHODS:

This cross-sectional study, conducted between November 2018 and March 2019, enrolled 515 preschool children. Asthma and potential risk factors, including hygiene, were assessed using a standardized questionnaire. A specific hygiene hypothesis scale has been gen­erated and validated for this purpose.

RESULTS:

The hygiene hypothesis scale items converged over a solution of nine factors that had an Eigenvalue over 1, explaining a total of 65.86% of the variance. An acceptable Cronbach's alpha value was recorded for the hygiene hypothesis scale (0.696). Variables correlated with higher odds of asthma were male gender (ORa = 0.41 for females), living near a prairie sprayed with pesticides (ORa = 3.09), having a heating system in the bedroom compared to the sitting room (ORa = 9.97), attending kindergarten (ORa = 2.80), having a mother who smokes water­pipe compared to not smoking (ORa = 3.34), having a mother with a history of asthma (ORa = 5.50), and having respiratory infections (ORa = 14.72). However, the hygiene hypothesis score was not associated with higher odds of asthma (p = 0.881).

CONCLUSIONS:

The current results suggested that neither home cleaning nor personal cleanliness was correlated with asthma in preschool children. Larger prospective studies that measure the intensity and duration of exposure to each toxicant are suggested to better assess the hygiene hypothesis items and their association with asthma
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Texto completo: Disponível Coleções: Bases de dados nacionais / Espanha Base de dados: IBECS Assunto principal: Asma / Poeira / Hipótese da Higiene Limite: Criança, pré-escolar / Feminino / Humanos / Masculino País/Região como assunto: Ásia Idioma: Inglês Revista: Allergol. immunopatol Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Artigo Instituição/País de afiliação: Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK)/Lebanon / Institut National de Santé Publique (INSPECT-LB), Epidémiologie Clinique et Toxicologie - Liban/Lebanon / Notre Dame des Secours University Hospital/Lebanon / Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross/Lebanon / Saint Georges Hospital/Lebanon / Univeristy of Nicosia/Cyprus

Texto completo: Disponível Coleções: Bases de dados nacionais / Espanha Base de dados: IBECS Assunto principal: Asma / Poeira / Hipótese da Higiene Limite: Criança, pré-escolar / Feminino / Humanos / Masculino País/Região como assunto: Ásia Idioma: Inglês Revista: Allergol. immunopatol Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Artigo Instituição/País de afiliação: Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK)/Lebanon / Institut National de Santé Publique (INSPECT-LB), Epidémiologie Clinique et Toxicologie - Liban/Lebanon / Notre Dame des Secours University Hospital/Lebanon / Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross/Lebanon / Saint Georges Hospital/Lebanon / Univeristy of Nicosia/Cyprus
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