Pahwa Punam, Rana Masud, Pickett William, Karunanayake Chandima P, Amin Khalid, Koehncke Niels, Elliot Valerie, Hagel Louise, Lawson Josh, Rennie Donna, Kirychuk Shelley, Janzen Bonnie, Dyck Roland, Dosman James
Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture, University of Saskatchewan, 104 Clinic Place, PO Box 23, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 2Z4, Canada.
Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan, Health Science Building, 107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5E5, Canada.
BMC Res Notes. 2017 Dec 11;10(1):732. doi: 10.1186/s13104-017-3047-1.
Less is known about the respiratory health of general farming and non-framing populations. A longitudinal Saskatchewan Rural Health Study (SRHS) was conducted to explore the association between individual and contextual factors with respiratory health outcomes in these populations. Hence, the objectives are to: (i) describe the updated methodology of longitudinal SRHS-an extension of baseline survey methodology published earlier; (ii) compare baseline characteristics and the prevalences of respiratory health outcomes between drops-outs and completers; and (iii) summarize key findings based on baseline survey data.
The SRHS was a prospective cohort study conducted in two phases: baseline survey in 2010 and a follow-up in 2014. Each survey consisted of two components, self-administered questionnaire and clinical assessments. At baseline, 8261 participants (≥ 18 years) (4624 households) and at follow-up, 4867 participants (2797 households) completed the questionnaires. Clinical assessments on lung functions and/or allergies were conducted among a sub-group of participants from both the surveys. To date, we published 15 peer-reviewed manuscripts and 40 abstracts in conference proceedings. Findings from the study will improve the knowledge of respiratory disease etiology and assist in the development and targeting of prevention programs for rural populations in Saskatchewan, Canada.
对于普通务农人群和非务农人群的呼吸健康了解较少。萨斯喀彻温农村健康纵向研究（SRHS）旨在探讨这些人群中个体因素和环境因素与呼吸健康结果之间的关联。因此，目标如下：（i）描述纵向SRHS的更新方法——这是对早期发表的基线调查方法的扩展；（ii）比较退出者和完成者之间的基线特征以及呼吸健康结果的患病率；（iii）基于基线调查数据总结主要发现。
SRHS是一项前瞻性队列研究，分两个阶段进行：2010年的基线调查和2014年的随访。每次调查都由两部分组成，即自行填写的问卷和临床评估。基线时，8261名参与者（≥18岁）（4624户家庭），随访时，4867名参与者（2797户家庭）完成了问卷。对两次调查中部分参与者亚组进行了肺功能和/或过敏的临床评估。迄今为止，我们在同行评审期刊上发表了15篇论文，并在会议论文集中发表了40篇摘要。该研究的结果将增进对呼吸道疾病病因的了解，并有助于为加拿大萨斯喀彻温省农村人口制定预防计划并确定目标人群。
