RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The investigation of the relationship between respiratory exposures and the occurrence of the disease in patients with COPD
JF European Respiratory Journal
JO Eur Respir J
FD European Respiratory Society
SP p1035
VO 38
IS Suppl 55
A1 Sibel Gunay
A1 Ersin Gunay
A1 Ozlem Selcuk Sonmez
A1 Nilgun Demirci
A1 Atila Ihsan Keyf
A1 Cebrail Simsek
YR 2011
UL http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/38/Suppl_55/p1035.abstract
AB We aimed to investigate the relationship with COPD and respiratory exposures.711 patients admitted to our hospital with a diagnosis of COPD between May 2009-June 2010 were included. For the control group, 246 volunteer patients admitted to in-patient and out-patient clinics with any diagnosis other than COPD were included. Questionnaire including the questions according to socio-demographic characteristics, environmental and occupational exposures, patterns of tobacco use and passive-tobacco-smoke exposure of the patients was filled with face-to-face interview method.The mean age was 62.7±10.8 for COPD and 64.9±10.9 for the control group (p>0.05). The average monthly-income-levels and educational-status of the patients for COPD group was significantly lower than the control group (p=0.015, p=0.002,respectively). In COPD group the number of people dealing with farming were greater than the people in the control group (p<0.001).Tandoor and fireplace were more commonly used by women with COPD (p=0.034 and p=0.002, respectively). Smoking rates in both groups were similar. However, duration of smoking and the amount of cigarette-consumption in COPD group was higher than the control (p=0.018, p<0.001, respectively). In childhood-period, exposure to passive smoke and life-long-exposure-time in COPD group were statistically higher than the control (both, p<0.001).For the development of COPD, except smoking, biomass-fuels and environmental exposures including passive exposure to tobacco smoke, environmental and occupational exposure to pollutants are also important risk factors, and prevention of exposure to these pollutants impede the development of COPD significantly.