Effect of School Integrated Pest Management or Classroom Air Filter Purifiers on Asthma Symptoms in Students With Active Asthma: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

School and classroom allergens and particles are associated with asthma morbidity, but the benefit of environmental remediation is not known.

Objective

To determine whether use of a school-wide integrated pest management (IPM) program or high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter purifiers in the classrooms improve asthma symptoms in students with active asthma.

Design, setting, and participants

Factorial randomized clinical trial of a school-wide IPM program and HEPA filter purifiers in the classrooms was conducted from 2015 to 2020 (School Inner-City Asthma Intervention Study). There were 236 students with active asthma attending 41 participating urban elementary schools located in the Northeastern US who were randomized to IPM by school and HEPA filte

SUBMITTER: Phipatanakul W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8424475 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature