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Sociodemographic and clinical profile of patients with occupational contact dermatitis seen at a work-related dermatology service, 2000 - 2014
BACKGROUND: Occupational dermatoses are common, especially contact dermatitis. Epidemiological studies on these dermatoses are scarce in Brazil and they are necessary as part of the public policy to protect workers' health. OBJECTIVES: To identify sociodemographic and clinical profile of patien...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6486076/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31090819 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20197235 |
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author | Melo, Maria das Graças Mota Villarinho, Ana Luiza Castro Fernandes Leite, Iuri da Costa |
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description | BACKGROUND: Occupational dermatoses are common, especially contact dermatitis. Epidemiological studies on these dermatoses are scarce in Brazil and they are necessary as part of the public policy to protect workers' health. OBJECTIVES: To identify sociodemographic and clinical profile of patients with occupational contact dermatitis seen between 2000 and 2014 at an occupational dermatology service. METHODS: It is a cross-sectional and retrospective study, based on information obtained from the service's database. RESULTS: Of 560 patients with conclusive patch test, 289 (46.9%) presented occupational dermatoses and 213 occupational contact dermatitis with predominance of the allergic type in relation to the irritative type (149:64 respectively). The odds of occupational dermatoses were higher among men and lower among patients aged 50 years or older and with higher level of education. Regarding the possibility of presenting occupational allergic contact dermatitis, only the gender variable was statistically significant. The professions most seen were cleaners, construction workers, painters, mechanics/metallurgists and cooks. The commonest allergens were nickel sulfate, potassium dichromate, cobalt chloride, carba-mix and formaldehyde. STUDY LIMITATIONS: The main limitations of this study are the fact that it was carried out in a tertiary service of occupational dermatoses and the lack of access to some allergens outside the patch test baseline series. CONCLUSIONS: It was possible to identify the sociodemographic and clinical profile of patients with suspected occupational contact dermatitis seen at the Service, beyond the professional groups and allergens related to a high risk of occupational contact dermatitis in this population. |
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spelling | pubmed-64860762019-04-30 Sociodemographic and clinical profile of patients with occupational contact dermatitis seen at a work-related dermatology service, 2000 - 2014 Melo, Maria das Graças Mota Villarinho, Ana Luiza Castro Fernandes Leite, Iuri da Costa An Bras Dermatol Investigation BACKGROUND: Occupational dermatoses are common, especially contact dermatitis. Epidemiological studies on these dermatoses are scarce in Brazil and they are necessary as part of the public policy to protect workers' health. OBJECTIVES: To identify sociodemographic and clinical profile of patients with occupational contact dermatitis seen between 2000 and 2014 at an occupational dermatology service. METHODS: It is a cross-sectional and retrospective study, based on information obtained from the service's database. RESULTS: Of 560 patients with conclusive patch test, 289 (46.9%) presented occupational dermatoses and 213 occupational contact dermatitis with predominance of the allergic type in relation to the irritative type (149:64 respectively). The odds of occupational dermatoses were higher among men and lower among patients aged 50 years or older and with higher level of education. Regarding the possibility of presenting occupational allergic contact dermatitis, only the gender variable was statistically significant. The professions most seen were cleaners, construction workers, painters, mechanics/metallurgists and cooks. The commonest allergens were nickel sulfate, potassium dichromate, cobalt chloride, carba-mix and formaldehyde. STUDY LIMITATIONS: The main limitations of this study are the fact that it was carried out in a tertiary service of occupational dermatoses and the lack of access to some allergens outside the patch test baseline series. CONCLUSIONS: It was possible to identify the sociodemographic and clinical profile of patients with suspected occupational contact dermatitis seen at the Service, beyond the professional groups and allergens related to a high risk of occupational contact dermatitis in this population. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2019 /pmc/articles/PMC6486076/ /pubmed/31090819 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20197235 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivative License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited and the work is not changed in any way. |
spellingShingle | Investigation Melo, Maria das Graças Mota Villarinho, Ana Luiza Castro Fernandes Leite, Iuri da Costa Sociodemographic and clinical profile of patients with occupational contact dermatitis seen at a work-related dermatology service, 2000 - 2014 |
title | Sociodemographic and clinical profile of patients with occupational
contact dermatitis seen at a work-related dermatology service, 2000 - 2014 |
title_full | Sociodemographic and clinical profile of patients with occupational
contact dermatitis seen at a work-related dermatology service, 2000 - 2014 |
title_fullStr | Sociodemographic and clinical profile of patients with occupational
contact dermatitis seen at a work-related dermatology service, 2000 - 2014 |
title_full_unstemmed | Sociodemographic and clinical profile of patients with occupational
contact dermatitis seen at a work-related dermatology service, 2000 - 2014 |
title_short | Sociodemographic and clinical profile of patients with occupational
contact dermatitis seen at a work-related dermatology service, 2000 - 2014 |
title_sort | sociodemographic and clinical profile of patients with occupational
contact dermatitis seen at a work-related dermatology service, 2000 - 2014 |
topic | Investigation |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6486076/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31090819 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20197235 |
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