Respiratory and Allergic Symptoms
Conditions
Brief summary
This is a prospective, non-randomized, controlled, interventional study aiming to assess, in a primary school in the city of Palermo, the health effects of a maintenance and care intervention of the school's green areas. All children of the third, fourth and fifth classes of two school complexes of the same primary school will be selected. One complex will undergo maintenance and care of the green areas and gardens inside the school. The other complex will serve as a control group and will not undergo any intervention. The study will involve three phases. 1. During the first phase (prior to the intervention) respiratory and allergic symptoms will be assessed through a standardized questionnaire to be administered to students, parents and teachers in both the school complexes. 2. During the second phase, the maintenance and care intervention plan will be implemented in the experimental complex. 3. During the third phase, 1 week after the maintenance intervention, respiratory and allergic symptoms will be re-assessed through a standardized questionnaire to be administered to the same students, parents and teachers in both the school complexes.
Interventions
OTHERManteinance and care intervention on the green areas.
Manteinance and care intervention on the green areas.
Sponsors
Istituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione Biomedica
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
7 Years to 11 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* male or female gender * age between 7 and 11 years
Exclusion criteria
* no
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Asthma symptoms at baseline | Before the maintenance intervention | Presence of asthma symptoms before the maintenance intervention |
| Rhinitis symptoms at baseline | Before the maintenance intervention | Presence of rhinitis symptoms before the maintenance intervention |
| Conjunctivitis symptoms at baseline | Before the maintenance intervention | Presence of conjunctivitis symptoms before the maintenance intervention |
| Asthma symptoms at follow-up | 7 days after the maintenance intervention | Presence of asthma symptoms after the maintenance intervention |
| Rhinitis symptoms at follow-up | 7 days after the maintenance intervention | Presence of rhinitis symptoms after the maintenance intervention |
| Conjunctivitis symptoms at follow-up | 7 days after the maintenance intervention | Presence of conjunctivitis symptoms after the maintenance intervention |
Countries
Italy
Outcome results
None listed