DETERMINANT FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ALLERGIC RHINITIS IN A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AT BANG KHEN DISTRICT BANGKOK THAILAND

Abstract

A cross -sectional study conducted in a housing development community in Bang Khen, Bangkok, Thailand. During April 2014 with the objectives to find an association between housing factors,housing characteristics and allergic rhinitis. The number of participants were 200 and used a structured questionnaire and personal air pump to collected particulate matter 10 (PM10) in houses of 20 allergic rhinitis cases and 10 houses of non-allergic rhinitis cases houses to find the difference of PM10 concentration in both cases. The study results revealed that housing factors and housing characteristics related with allergic rhinitis at statically significant at 0.05 probability level were 15 variables.For housing factors such as use perfume or deodorant spray,use cockroach insecticide spray,flower in house area,mold inside house,For housing characteristics such as use vacuum in house,use air cleaner in house and bedroom,frequency of use air cleaner in house per month,clean air cleaner in bedroom lately (month ago),number of windows in bedroom and living room,frequency of open windows in living room (times per week),duration of open windows in living room and kitchen when occupants stay in that room per hours and type of windows in kitchen.The difference of PM10 concentration in house and association of PM10 and allergic rhinitis were not found in the study. The results of this study suggested that health knowledge and suggestions for improve of house environment to occupants in this community that important to help an occupants avoid to exposure with allergic rhinitis factors in a house area. Moreover,community awareness should be consider to decrease risk to be allergic rhinitis in the future.