NCT03101618

Animal Allergy in Korean Pet Owners, Pet-related Industry Workers, and Laboratory Animal Reseachers

The Prevalence of Animal Allergy and Sensitization to Animal Allergen Among Participants in International Symposium of Korean Association for Laboratory Science and Companion Animal Exhibition

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 643 (actual)
• Sponsor: Gachon University Gil Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 19 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The investigators surveyed the prevalence of animal allergy and sensitization to animal allergen among participants in international symposium of Korean association for laboratory science (laboratory animal researchers) and companion animal exhibition (pet owner and pet-related industry workers).

Detailed description

The investigators enrolled participants in international symposium of Korean association for laboratory science (laboratory animal researchers) and pet animal exhibition (pet owner and pet-related industry workers) after informed consents. Subjects were asked to response to questionnaires regarding their age, gender, comorbid allergic disease, family history of allergy, pet or laboratory animal, exposure time, allergic symptoms during exposure to animals. Subjects underwent skin prick test with animal allergens and other inhalant allergens.

Conditions

• Allergic Rhinitis
• Allergic Conjunctivitis
• Urticaria
• Asthma

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Animal allergy	Allergic symptom occurs during exposure to laboratory or pet animal
OTHER	Non-animal allergy	Allergic symptom does not occur during exposure to laboratory or pet animal

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-08-24
• Primary completion: 2016-11-27
• Completion: 2016-11-27
• First posted: 2017-04-05
• Last updated: 2021-02-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea