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ID Design 2012/DOOEL Skopje, Republic of Macedonia

Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences.

http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2016.112
eISSN: 1857-9655

Clinical Science

 

 

 

The Prevalence of Allergic Rhinitis, Eczema and Asthma in Students of Guidance Schools in Mazandaran Province, Iran


 

Daniel Zamanfar1, Javad Ghaffari1*, Salar Behzadnia1, Jamshid Yazdani-charati2, Sahar Tavakoli1


1Infectious Disease Research Center with Focus on Nosocomial Infection, Department of Pediatrics,Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran; 2Biostatistics Department, Health Science Research Center, Faculty of Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

 

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BACKGROUND: Eczema, allergic rhinitis and asthma are common chronic allergic disorders in childhood.

AIM: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of common allergic disorders among Iranian guidance schools students in Mazandaran Province, northern Iran.

METHODS: This analytical cross-sectional study was performed on 3000 children aged 11-14 years old during 2012-13 according to ISAAC study. Of 3000 recruited children 1576 (52.54%) were female and 1424 (47.46%) were male. Data gathered by ISAAC first phase questionnaire analysed by SPSS software 20.

RESULTS: The prevalence of wheezing, allergic rhinitis symptoms (sneezing and pruritus) and atopic dermatitis symptoms (pruritus skin lesion) were 30.5%, 30% and 15% respectively. History of pets contact and smoking was positive 6.6% and 36 % respectively. About 52% was born with caesarian section. There was wheezing in 32.5% during sport. The diagnosis of asthma, allergic rhinitis and eczema were 12.2%, 28.5% and 15% respectively. Eczema, asthma and allergic rhinitis were significantly more common in boys students (p < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study showed that asthma, allergic rhinitis and eczema have a high prevalence and they are more common in boys.

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Citation: Zamanfar D, Ghaffari J, Behzadnia S, Yazdani-charati J, Tavakoli S. The Prevalence of Allergic Rhinitis, Eczema and Asthma in Students of Guidance Schools in Mazandaran Province, Iran. Open Access Maced J Med Sci. http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2016.112
Keywords: Asthma; Allergic Rhinitis; Eczema; middle school, Students.
*Correspondence: Javad Ghaffari. Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Pediatrics, Sari, Iran. E-mail: javadneg@yahoo.com
Received: 22-Jun-2016; Revised: 07-Sep-2016; Accepted: 27-Sep-2016; Online first: 11-Oct-2016
Copyright: © 2016 Daniel Zamanfar, Javad Ghaffari, Salar Behzadnia, Jamshid Yazdani-charati, Sahar Tavakoli. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Funding: This study was supported financially by Research vice chancellor of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

 

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