Comparison of a Barcode-Based Smartphone Application to a Questionnaire to Assess the Use of Cleaning Products at Home and Their Association with Asthma Symptoms
Year: 2021
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Household disinfectant and cleaning products (HDCPs) assessment is challenging in epidemiological research. We hypothesized that a newly-developed smartphone application was more objective than questionnaires in assessing HDCPs. Therefore, we aimed to compare both methods, in terms of exposure assessments and respiratory health effects estimates. The women of the SEPAGES birth cohort completed repeated validated questionnaires on HDCPs and respiratory health and used an application to report HDCPs and scan products barcodes, subsequently linked with an ingredients database. Agreements between the two methods were assessed by Kappa coefficients. Logistic regression models estimated associations of HDCP with asthma symptom score. The 101 participants (18 with asthma symptom score ≥1) scanned 617 different products (580 with available ingredients list). Slight to fair agreements for sprays, bleach and scented HDCP were observed (Kappa: 0.35, 0.25, 0.11, respectively). Strength of the associations between HDCP and asthma symptom score varied between both methods but all odds ratios (OR) were greater than one. The number of scanned products used weekly was significantly associated with the asthma symptom score (adjusted-OR [CI 95%]: 1.15 [1.00-1.32]). This study shows the importance of using novel tools in epidemiological research to objectively assess HDCP and therefore reduce exposure measurement errors.
Authors: Pierre Lemire, Sofia Temam, Sarah Lyon-Caen, Catherine Quinot, Etienne Sévin, Sophie Remacle, Karine Supernant, Rémy Slama, Orianne Dumas, Valérie Siroux, Nicole Le Moual, the SEPAGES Study Group
Institutions: Université Paris-Sud, Inserm, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Université Paris-Saclay, Centre de recherche en Epidémiologie et Santé des Populations, Mutuelle Générale de l'Éducation Nationale, Fondation MGEN pour la Santé Publique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut pour l'avancée des biosciences, Université Grenoble Alpes
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,484
Funders: Agence Nationale de la Recherche, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Fondation de France, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Commissariat Général à l'Investissement, Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l’Alimentation, de l’Environnement et du Travail, Agir pour les Maladies Chroniques, Conseil Général de l'Isèr, European Research Council
Awards: G1115273721, Prenatal Exposure to Tobacco smoking and Air Pollution and Effects on offspring respiratory and neurodevelopmental outcomes: role of placental DNA methylation, A Longitudinal Analysis of Effects of Early Life Exposure to Phenols on Health in Humans, Pregnancy, Air Pollution, Epigenetics, and Respiratory health, Exposure to Endocrine Disruptors during early life and child Neurodevelopment: the role of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis, G5768156327
OpenAlex ID: W3136375307