Occupational Allergic Diseases in Kitchen and Health Care Workers: An Underestimated Health Issue

Table 1

Distributions of allergic symptoms according to groups.

European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS) questionnaire	Questionnaire diagnoses	General population (𝑛/𝑁) (%)	Kitchen workers (𝑛/𝑁) (%)	Health care workers (𝑛/𝑁) (%)
Saying “Yes” to Q1 and/or Q2 and/or Q3 and/or Q4	With asthma-like symptoms	(77/186); 41.4	100/205; 48.8	70/188; 37.2
Current asthma: saying “Yes” to Q5 and Q7	With current asthma	(11/186); 5.9	6/205; 2.9	10/188; 5.7
Cumulative asthma: saying “Yes” to Q6	With cumulative asthma	(11/186); 5.9	5/205; 2.4	19/188; 10.1*
Noninfectious (allergic) rhinitis: saying “Yes” to Q8	With noninfectious rhinitis	(70/186); 37.6	108/205^∗∗; 52.7	107/188^∗∗; 56.9
Pruritic dermatitis and/or eczema: saying “Yes” to Q9	With pruritic dermatitis and/or eczema	(51/186); 27.4	61/205; 29.8	58/188; 30.9

^∗𝑃<0.05, ^∗∗𝑃<0.001.