Individual and environmental risk factors in hand eczema have been investigated in a prospective cohort study of 2452 newly employed hospital workers with a follow-up time of 20 months. Current hand eczema was analyzed in 142 wet hospital workers from this cohort with respect to the etiologic importance of irritants, allergens and contact urticants. The density of the microflora and the effect on the microflora of topical treatment with a potent corticosteroid were studied in 20 patients with hand eczema. ’Wet’ hospital work was found to increase the odds of developing hand eczema only twice compared to 'dry' office work. Nursing children under four years old and the lack of a dish-washing machine significantly increased the risk of contracting hand eczema. Unfavourable combinations of these domestic factors increased the risk as much as wet work. A history of atopic dermatitis approximately tripled the odds both in wet as well as in dry work. Histories of earlier hand eczema (HHE), metal dermatitis (HMD) and of atopy were analyzed as risk factors for hand eczema in 1857 women in wet work. HHE increased the odds by a factor of 12.9 and created a subdivision of the population into high risk individuals and normal risk individuals. HHE was found in half of the subjects with atopic dermatitis, in one quarter of the subjects with atopic mucosal symptoms and in one fifth of the non-atopics. A HMD increased the odds by a factor of 1.8. This increase was seen as a high risk level in subjects with HHE and as a normal risk level in subjects with no HHE. A history of atopic disease as a complement to information about HHE and HMD increased the odds by another 1.3 times. The predicted probability of developing hand eczema ranged from 91 % in subjects with a combination of HHE, HMD and atopy to 24% in subjects with none of these risk factors. Subjects with AD were found to suffer a more severe form of hand eczema with significantly higher figures for medical consultation, sick- leave, termination due to hand eczema, early debut, permanent symtoms and vesicular lesions. Amongst the patients investigated for current hand eczema high risk individuals were overrepresented. It was claimed in 92.3% of the cases that trivial irritant factors had elicited the current episodes of hand eczema. In 35% of the cases the exposure to the irritant took place largely at home. Although contact sensitivity and contact urticaria were fairly common, they mostly seemed to be of minor importance in the etiology of the current hand eczema. Staphylococcus aureus colonized eczematous lesions of the hands in 18/20 patients. The density exceeded 105 colony forming units/cm2 in 15/20 patients. Only three of these patients showed signs of clinical infection. Successful topical treatment with a potent corticosteroid significantly reduced the colonization of S. aureus. / <p>Härtill 4 uppsatser</p> / digitalisering@umu

Contexte : Les dermatoses professionnelles sont l’une des principales causes de pathologies professionnelles en Europe, et dans près de 80% des cas, elles concernent des dermatites de contact professionnelles (DCP). Les DCP comprennent les dermatites allergiques de contact (DAC), les dermatites irritatives de contact (DIC) et les urticaires de contact (UC). En France, les secteurs et nuisances à risque de DCP et les tendances chronologiques de DCP sont très peu documentés. Objectifs : 1) étudier les tendances observées au fil du temps vis-à-vis du nombre de cas de dermatoses professionnelles, des secteurs d’activité concernés et des nuisances mises en cause, 2) mettre en évidence des secteurs ou des postes à risque de dermatoses professionnelles. Méthode : Ce travail de thèse s’appuie sur le réseau français RNV3P (Réseau national de vigilance et de prévention des pathologies professionnelles) qui assure le suivi des évènements de santé liés au travail sur l’ensemble du territoire, en centralisant les informations recueillies dans ses 32 centres de consultations de pathologies professionnelles (CCPP). Les analyses ont porté sur les DAC, les DIC et les UC en lien probable ou certain avec le travail et recensées dans le RNV3P entre 2001 et 2010. L’analyse des évolutions temporelles a été réalisée à partir des rapports de cote de signalement (Reporting Odds-Ratio, ROR). Deux méthodes statistiques ont été utilisées : le coefficient de corrélation de rang de Kendall sur les ROR estimés chaque année et le modèle logistique calculant la variation annuelle des cas. Résultats : Les 5990 cas de DCP notifiés touchent plus fréquemment les femmes, dans des tranches d'âges jeunes. Les principaux secteurs mis en cause pour les trois DCP se distribuent différemment en fonction du sexe et sont, par ordre décroissant de fréquence : santé et action sociale, services personnels, construction, métallurgie et travail des métaux, administrations publiques, services fournis principalement aux entreprises, commerce et réparation automobile, hôtellerie et restauration. Les DCP associées aux cosmétiques (savons ou substances parfumantes) et les biocides augmentent significativement dans le secteur de la santé et de l’action sociale ; les produits de coiffure et les cosmétiques (savons essentiellement) augmentent dans celui des services personnels, essentiellement parmi les coiffeuses. On observe une montée des cas de DAC aux résines époxy dans la construction sur la période et les DIC liées au ciment dans ce secteur ne baissent pas. Les cas de DAC aux métaux augmentent dans le secteur des services fournis aux entreprises (personnels de nettoyage). Nos résultats ont aussi montré une hausse des DAC liées aux isothiazolinones, quel que soit le secteur (+38%) et une baisse des DIC liées à l’action de lavage des mains (utilisation itérative des savons). Par ailleurs, nos données ont objectivé l’impact de mesures réglementaires ou de politiques visant à prévenir les DCP : la mise en place de la directive européenne « Ciment » (2003/53/CE) en 2005 s’est accompagnée d’une réduction de moitié des cas de DAC et une baisse similaire a été observée à partir des données du réseau britannique EPIDERM, confortant nos conclusions ; la campagne de substitution des gants en latex dans le secteur de soins au milieu des années 2000 est suivie d’une réduction significative de la notification des cas d’UC. Conclusion : Ces résultats démontrent, avec l’exemple des dermatoses professionnelles, la capacité du RNV3P à orienter les politiques nationales en matière de prévention des risques professionnels et à en évaluer l’efficacité. / Background: In Europe, occupational skin disease is one of the major causes of work-related diseases, among them occupational contact dermatitis (OCD) accounts for 80% of all cases of OSD reported, but data about sectors and agents at risk remains sparse. Objectives: 1) to study OCD trends in terms of industrial activities and main causal agents, 2) to describe industrial sectors or occupations at risk of OCD. Method: Data were collected from the French National Network of Occupational Disease Surveillance and Prevention (RNV3P) during 2001-2010 period, based on the 32 French Occupational and Environmental Disease Consultation Centres. All allergic contact dermatitis (ACD), irritative contact dermatitis (ICD) and contact urticaria (CU) probably or certainly work-related were included in the study. Trends were examined (i) on annual crude numbers of OCD and (ii) on reported odds-ratios of OCD calculated using logistic regression models. Results: 5990 OCD cases were included and concerned more frequently young age classes among women and older age classes among men. Industrial sectors more commonly involved in OCD concerned in decreasing order: health and social work activities, personal service activities, construction, metal industry, public administrations, other business activities, retail trade and repair of motor vehicles, and hotels and restaurants. According to trend analysis of OCD cases, cosmetics (including soaps and fragrances) and biocides increased significantly in health and social work activities; hairdressing products and cosmetics (mainly soaps) in personal service activities (including primarily hairdressers). In construction sector, ACD due to epoxy resins increased during the study period and concomitantly, ICD attributed to cement did not decrease underlying the lack of prevention in this sector at risk. ACD due to metals increased in other business activities mainly occupied by cleaning staff. We showed a rise of ACD due to isothiazolinone compounds whatever the sector. Besides, we have shown the impact of regulatory measures or prevention campaign on OCD: (i) a significant reduction by almost half in the occurrence of ACD attributed to chromate in cement which coincides with the implementation of the European Cement directive and we obtained similar results to a study based on the UK EPIDERM network; (ii) the effectiveness of latex exposure prevention measures for health care workers since half of 2000s and (iii) the wide use of disinfection with an alcohol-based solution in health and social work activity followed by a significant reduction of ICD due to iterative handwashing with soap. Conclusion: RNV3P data allowed to highlight causal agents involved in sectors most at risk of OCD. These results might help intervention policy in health and safety at work and allergy prevention. They also showed the effectiveness of preventative intervention on OCD, suggesting that RNV3P reporting scheme is useful in France to evaluate intervention policy in health and safety at work.