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Effect of personal air pollution exposure on asthma control in children

Population Size

Not reported

Years

2015 - 2017

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom

Lead time

Variable

Summary

This study aimed to recruit asthmatic children and to assess whether it was feasible to reduce their air pollution exposure levels by intervening with advice to decrease exposure.

Documentation

This study aimed to recruit asthmatic children and to assess whether it was feasible to reduce their air pollution exposure levels by intervening with advice to decrease exposure. The following steps had been taken to assess the aim: First, this study assessed the participants’ BC exposure data collected before and after the intervention. In particular, the assessments explored how children would react within a week and 5 weeks after receiving the intervention. Second, the study explored when and where the exposure reduction occurred. This was done by dividing each BC data into a set of four predetermined microenvironments, i.e. home, commute, school and other microenvironments. The purpose of the four microenvironments was to simplify and consolidate participants’ actions during each monitoring period, which would identify which microenvironment had achieved the most significant effects because of the intervention. Finally, the study assessed the participants’ time weighted exposure levels. This was done by calculating the participants’ exposure levels for each microenvironment weighted with the time spent in them. In addition to the main objective, the study has also explored other variables, included participants’ paediatric asthma quality of life, asthma control tests and their lung function, as well as their NO2 exposure levels before and after the intervention. Overall, there was a significant (p<0.05) reduction in participants’ BC exposure after the intervention. Questionnaires revealed the participants’ asthma control had significantly improved after the intervention and the analysis of their cotinine and urinary particle loading levels were also declined after the intervention. As such, the findings from this study confirm the main research aim, which argued that reduced exposure to air pollution in asthmatic children is achievable via increased awareness of the health impacts that air pollution can have on them and that mitigating personal exposure is achievable via simple behavioural changes.

Dataset type
Health and disease
Dataset sub-type
Not applicable

Keywords

Air pollution, black carbon, asthma management, children with asthma, intervention

Provenance

Purpose of dataset collection
Study
Collection source setting
Other
Image contrast
Not stated
Biological sample availability
None/not available

Details

Publishing frequency
Other
Version
1.0.0
Modified

08/10/2024

Citation Requirements
Queen Mary University of London

Coverage

Start date

09/01/2015

End date

02/01/2017

Time lag
Not applicable
Geographic coverage
United Kingdom
Minimum age range
7
Maximum age range
16

Accessibility

Language
en
Controlled vocabulary
LOCAL

Data Access Request

Dataset pipeline status
Not available
Access rights
To be determined upon data access request
Time to dataset access
Variable
Access method category
TRE/SDE
Access service description
To be determined upon data access request
Jurisdiction
GB-ENG, GB-SCT, GB-WLS
Data use limitation
General research use
Data Controller
BREATHE

Dataset Types: Health and disease


Collection Sources: Other