Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The impact of non-pharmacological interventions instituted at the workplace to alleviate symptoms and shorten the recovery process of work-related rhinitis and rhinosinusitis is not well-described. Workplace interventions for treating work related rhinitis and rhinosinusitis might be receiving, may be effective in alleviating symptoms. This review was conducted to assess the effects of workplace interventions on the severity of symptoms of rhinitis or rhinosinusitis. METHODS: MEDLINE, CENTRAL, EMBASE and PsycINFO using keywords and MeSH headings. Other databases searched were OSH UPDATE + FIRE, ClinicalTrials.gov and WHO International Clinical Trials Registry. Selection criteria: Randomised controlled trials, cluster-randomised controlled trials and controlled cohort before after studies. RESULTS: A total of 1506 records were screened and one study that recruited 80 office workers was eligible. The study examined the use of active air filter in the electrostatic cleaner in the office to see if it reduced nasal and sinus symptoms in the affected office workers. There were no clear differences in the severity of the airway symptoms, measured indirectly using a set of symptoms, in the participants who worked with active filter versus those without active filter (RR 0.68, 95%CI: 0.35, 1.32). When the participants' noses were examined closely for the size of congested area or volume, there were also no clear and consistent differences between the two groups of participants (RR 3.50, 95%CI: 1.30, 9.45). CONCLUSION: No clear conclusion can be made regarding the use of active filter in an electrostatic cleaner in the office in reducing the severity of rhinitis and/or rhinosinusitis among office workers.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-160,
title = {Effectiveness of Workplace Interventions for Treating Work-Related Rhinitis and Rhinosinusitis.},
author = {Nor Asiah Muhamad and Mohamed Faizal Bakhtiar and Normi Mustapha and Mohd Shaiful Azlan and Tahir Aris},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: The impact of non-pharmacological interventions instituted at the workplace to alleviate symptoms and shorten the recovery process of work-related rhinitis and rhinosinusitis is not well-described. Workplace interventions for treating work related rhinitis and rhinosinusitis might be receiving, may be effective in alleviating symptoms. This review was conducted to assess the effects of workplace interventions on the severity of symptoms of rhinitis or rhinosinusitis. METHODS: MEDLINE, CENTRAL, EMBASE and PsycINFO using keywords and MeSH headings. Other databases searched were OSH UPDATE + FIRE, ClinicalTrials.gov and WHO International Clinical Trials Registry. Selection criteria: Randomised controlled trials, cluster-randomised controlled trials and controlled cohort before after studies. RESULTS: A total of 1506 records were screened and one study that recruited 80 office workers was eligible. The study examined the use of active air filter in the electrostatic cleaner in the office to see if it reduced nasal and sinus symptoms in the affected office workers. There were no clear differences in the severity of the airway symptoms, measured indirectly using a set of symptoms, in the participants who worked with active filter versus those without active filter (RR 0.68, 95%CI: 0.35, 1.32). When the participants' noses were examined closely for the size of congested area or volume, there were also no clear and consistent differences between the two groups of participants (RR 3.50, 95%CI: 1.30, 9.45). CONCLUSION: No clear conclusion can be made regarding the use of active filter in an electrostatic cleaner in the office in reducing the severity of rhinitis and/or rhinosinusitis among office workers.},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Institute for Public Health, Ministry of Health, Malaysia, Allergy Unit, Institute for Medical Research, National Institute of Health, Ministry of Health, Malaysia, Faculty of Science and Technology, Open University, Malaysia},
keywords = {work-related rhinitis, work-related rhinosinusitis, workplace interventions},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}