Çobanoğlu Hatice Bengü, Işık Abdülcemal Ümit, Topbaş Murat, Ural Ahmet
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Trabzon Kanuni Training and Research Hospital, Trabzon, Turkey.
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey.
Turk Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2016 Mar;54(1):21-28. doi: 10.5152/tao.2016.1089. Epub 2016 Mar 1.
We aimed to determine the prevalence of allergic rhinitis in children aged 12-15 years who lived in the Trabzon Province, specify possible risk factors, and compare the data obtained with those of the other studies conducted in our country and in other countries.
First, 1372 students from nine primary schools determined according to the recommendations of Department of Public Health and approval of The Provincial Directorate of Health were screened in their schools with questionnaire forms. Second, students providing the response "yes" to the first and/or second questions in the questionnaire forms were considered as possible allergic rhinitis patients and invited to our clinic. Then, 246 students were subjected to a skin prick test. Data were collected with the evalution of questionnaire and skin prick test results together.
The prevalance of allergic rhinitis in children between 12 and 15 years age was found to be 14.5% in Trabzon. Female gender was found to be a relative a risk factor for allergic rhinitis (p=0.015). The prevalence of allergic rhinitis in children whose both parents were smoking was significantly higher than that in children whose only one parent was smoking or both parents were nonsmokers (p=0.0024). In addition, living in an apartment flat (p=0.015) and owing pets (p=0.04) were detected to be other risk factors for allergic rhinitis.
According to our investigations, this is the first prevalence study in Trabzon, which is the largest settlement in the Eastern Black Sea Region. The prevalence of allergic rhinitis in children was found to be 14.5%. Female gender, smoking habits of the parents, owing pets, and living in an apartment flat are risk factors for allergic rhinitis.
我们旨在确定居住在特拉布宗省的12至15岁儿童中过敏性鼻炎的患病率，明确可能的风险因素，并将获得的数据与我国及其他国家进行的其他研究数据进行比较。
首先，根据公共卫生部门的建议并经省卫生厅批准，对来自9所小学的1372名学生在其学校用问卷进行筛查。其次，对问卷中第一个和/或第二个问题回答“是”的学生被视为可能的过敏性鼻炎患者，并邀请到我们的诊所。然后，对246名学生进行皮肤点刺试验。通过综合评估问卷和皮肤点刺试验结果收集数据。
在特拉布宗，12至15岁儿童中过敏性鼻炎的患病率为14.5%。发现女性是过敏性鼻炎的一个相对风险因素（p=0.015）。父母双方都吸烟的儿童中过敏性鼻炎的患病率显著高于只有一方父母吸烟或父母双方都不吸烟的儿童（p=0.0024）。此外，居住在公寓（p=0.015）和养宠物（p=0.04）被检测为过敏性鼻炎的其他风险因素。
根据我们的调查，这是在东黑海地区最大的定居点特拉布宗进行的首次患病率研究。发现儿童中过敏性鼻炎的患病率为14.5%。女性、父母的吸烟习惯、养宠物和居住在公寓是过敏性鼻炎的风险因素。
