Agrawal Anil, Bhatt Nagesh, Kk Shivlingesh, Singh Karanprakash, Chaudhary Harshvardhan, Asawa Kailash
Department of Community Dentistry, Pacific Dental College and Hospital, Rajasthan, India.
Oral Health Prev Dent. 2010;8(4):345-50.
Nowadays, gloves are worn routinely by most general dental practitioners while treating patients, with latex being the most commonly used glove material worldwide. The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of allergy to latex gloves among dental professionals of Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
In this cross-sectional study, a total of 163 dental professionals (73% males and 27% females) were surveyed using a pre-tested self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire was comprised of a total of 12 items and gave information about the participants and their glove use, namely demographic profile, working habits and glove use, signs and symptoms related to glove use, any other type of allergy, as well as precautions taken to minimise it. The statistical analysis was performed using chi-square and Fisher's exact tests to compare frequency and percentage. The level of significance was set at P u 0.05.
A total of 26 (16%) dental professionals reported allergy to latex gloves, of which females (27.3%) reported significantly greater allergy than males (11.8%) (P = 0.016). The number of years of glove use was significantly associated with allergy to latex gloves (P = 0.000). The prevalence of allergy to latex gloves was significantly greater for those who had allergy to pollen grains, foodstuffs and rubber dam, those who had asthma or history of eczema and those with family history of allergy. However, allergy to latex gloves was independent of age, type of gloves used, hours of use per day as well as number of patients seen per day.
The present study showed a high rate of allergy to latex gloves among dental professionals in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
如今，大多数普通牙科医生在治疗患者时都会常规佩戴手套，乳胶是全球最常用的手套材料。本研究的目的是确定印度拉贾斯坦邦乌代布尔市牙科专业人员中对乳胶手套过敏的患病率。
在这项横断面研究中，使用预先测试的自填问卷对总共163名牙科专业人员（73%为男性，27%为女性）进行了调查。问卷共有12个项目，提供了有关参与者及其手套使用情况的信息，即人口统计学特征、工作习惯和手套使用情况、与手套使用相关的体征和症状、任何其他类型的过敏以及为尽量减少过敏而采取的预防措施。使用卡方检验和费舍尔精确检验进行统计分析，以比较频率和百分比。显著性水平设定为P≤0.05。
共有26名（16%）牙科专业人员报告对乳胶手套过敏，其中女性（27.3%）报告的过敏率明显高于男性（11.8%）（P = 0.016）。手套使用年限与对乳胶手套过敏显著相关（P = 0.000）。对花粉粒、食品和橡皮障过敏的人、患有哮喘或有湿疹病史的人以及有过敏家族史的人对乳胶手套过敏的患病率明显更高。然而，对乳胶手套的过敏与年龄、使用的手套类型、每天的使用时间以及每天看诊的患者数量无关。
本研究显示，印度拉贾斯坦邦乌代布尔市的牙科专业人员中对乳胶手套过敏的比例很高。
