Effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical measures in preventing pediatric influenza: a case–control study
| dc.contributor | CIBERESP Cases and Controls in Pandemic Influenza Working Group, Spain | |
| dc.contributor.author | Torner Gràcia, Núria | |
| dc.contributor.author | Soldevila, Núria | |
| dc.contributor.author | Garcia, Juan Jose | |
| dc.contributor.author | Launes, Cristian | |
| dc.contributor.author | Godoy i García, Pere | |
| dc.contributor.author | Castilla, Jesús | |
| dc.contributor.author | Domínguez García, Àngela | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-03T10:02:11Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-02-03T10:02:11Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: Hygiene behavior plays a relevant role in infectious disease transmission. The aim of this study was to evaluate non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) in preventing pediatric influenza infections. Methods: Laboratory confirmed influenza cases occurred during 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons matched by age and date of consultation. NPI (frequency of hand washing, alcohol-based hand sanitizer use and hand washing after touching contaminated surfaces) during seven days prior to onset of symptoms were obtained from parents of cases and controls. Results: Cases presented higher prevalence of underlying conditions such as pneumonia [OR = 3.23; 95 % CI: 1.38 – 7.58 p = 0.007], asthma [OR = 2.45; 95 % CI: 1.17 – 5.14 p = 0.02] and having more than 1 risk factor [OR = 1.67; 95 % CI: 0.99 – 2.82 p = 0.05]. Hand washing more than 5 times per day [aOR = 0.62; 95 % CI: 0.39 – 0.99 p = 0.04] was the only statistically significant protective factor. When considering two age groups (pre-school age 0–4 yrs and school age 5–17) yrs , only the school age group showed a negative association for influenza infection for both washing more than 5 times per day [aOR = 0.47; 95 % CI: 0.22 – 0.99 p = 0.04] and hand washing after touching contaminated surfaces [aOR = 0.19; 95 % CI: 0.04 – 0.86 p = 0.03]. Conclusion: Frequent hand washing should be recommended to prevent influenza infection in the community setting and in special in the school age group. Keywords: Influenza, Child, Non-pharmaceutical measures, Hand hygiene, Community setting, Prevention, Case control study | ca_ES |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This study was supported by the Ministry of Science and Innovation, Institute of Health Carlos III, Research Program on Influenza A/H1N1 [Grant GR09/0030], and the Catalan Agency for the Management of Grants for University Research [AGAUR Grant number 2009/ SGR 42] | ca_ES |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1890-3 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1471-2296 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/49433 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | ca_ES |
| dc.publisher | BioMed Central | ca_ES |
| dc.relation.isformatof | Reproducció del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1890-3 | ca_ES |
| dc.relation.ispartof | BMC Public Health, 2015, vol. 15, núm. 1, p. 543 | ca_ES |
| dc.rights | cc-by (c) Torner, Núria et al., 2015 | ca_ES |
| dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ | * |
| dc.subject | Influenza | ca_ES |
| dc.subject | Child | ca_ES |
| dc.subject | Non-pharmaceutical measures | ca_ES |
| dc.subject | Hand hygiene | ca_ES |
| dc.title | Effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical measures in preventing pediatric influenza: a case–control study | ca_ES |
| dc.type | article | ca_ES |
| dc.type.version | publishedVersion | ca_ES |