Prevalence of hand eczema in an adult Swedish population and the relationship to risk occupation and smoking

Summary, in English

Using a postal questionnaire the prevalence of hand eczema was determined in a general population of 11 798 individuals aged 20 - 77 years who were randomly drawn from the population records. The response rate was 78.1%. One-year prevalence of hand eczema among women varied between 1.9% and 10.8%, with the highest figure among those aged 30 - 39 years. The corresponding figures for men were 2.3% and 5.6%, with the highest figure among those aged 20 - 29 years. Lifetime prevalence varied between 5.7% and 16.7% among women and between 5.2% and 9.5% among men. Using multiple logistic regression analysis female sex (OR = 1.91, 95% CI 1.47 - 2.47) and smoking (OR = 1.35, 95% CI 1.04 - 1.75) were independent risk factors for reporting 1-year prevalence of hand eczema, whereas age (OR = 0.99, 95% CI 0.97 - 0.99) was inversely related to the 1-year prevalence of hand eczema. Aggregated risk occupation or categorized occupation such as medical and nursing work, production or service were not significantly associated with 1- year prevalence of hand eczema.

• Författare: Peter Montnemery; Ulf Nihlén; Claes-Göran Löfdahl; Per Nyberg; Åke Svensson
• Avdelning/ar: Geriatric Medicine; Geriatrik; Lungmedicin, allergologi och palliativ medicin; Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper; Dermatologi; Yrkes- och miljödermatologi
• Publiceringsår: 2005
• Språk: Engelska
• Sidor: 429-432
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Acta Dermato-Venereologica
• Volym: 85
• Issue: 5
• Länkar: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00015550510036658
• Dokumenttyp: Artikel i tidskrift
• Förlag: Medical Journals Limited
• Ämne: Dermatology and Venereal Diseases
• Nyckelord: epidemiology; questionnaire study; hand eczema; smoking; high-risk occupation; risk factor
• Status: Published
• Forskningsgrupp: Geriatric Medicine; Geriatrics; Dermatology; Occupational and Environmental Dermatology
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 1651-2057