Date of filling in this questionnaire or last update: 02/11/2020
1. IDENTIFICATION & BASIC DESCRIPTION
Cohort name
  SkinWork
Country
 

  • Croatia

Name
  Jelena Macan
Institution
  Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb
Email
  jmacan@imi.hr
Name
  Zrinka Franić
Institution
  Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb
Email
  zfranic@imi.hr
Name of committee
  Ethical Committee of the Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb; Ethical Committee of the School of Medicine, University of Zagreb
Contact Principal Investigator (name)
  Jelena Macan
Is this cohort part of a consortium? (name consortium)
  No
Participation in pooled analyses
 

  • The cohort is potentially interested in participating in pooled analyses of (European) occupational cohort studies (note pooled analyses also includes remote decentralized analyses that would not require any transfer of primary data as well as meta-analyses).

Main aim of cohort, please briefly describe the main objectives of the cohort
  A cohort of hairdressing apprentices followed up to establish incidence of occupational skin diseases during apprenticeship, and constitutional/environmental protective/risk factors interactions
Comparators (please select as many as appropriate)
 

  • Internal study population

Inclusion criteria
  signed informed consent; hairdressing apprentices
Exclusion criteria
  without signed informed consent
Enrollment
  Ongoing
Age range at entry (main cohort)
 

Minimum Maximum Mean
14 17 15

Men at enrollment
  18
Women at enrollment
  334
Children (<18 years) at enrollment
  352
Participation rate at enrollment (if known)
  64
2. OUTCOME FOLLOW-UP
Type of data for outcome follow-up (please select as many as appropriate)
 

  • Active (contact with participants)

Active (contact with participants) (specify)
 

  • active examination of apprentices in schools

First follow-up period (provide year)
  2018
Last follow-up period (provide year)
  2020
Number of follow-ups after baseline (provide number)
  3
3. OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES
Source of exposure data collected (please select as many as appropriate)
 

  • Questionnaire, Personal (Self-reporting or interview)

Occupational history/time frame
  Follow-up period
Occupational coding performed
  No
Industry (specify coding system used)
 

  • Hairdressing

Types of exposure measurements
 

  • Other (specify)

Specify: Other
  frequency of exposure to specific working tasks during practical training
Methods for exposure assessment (please select as many as appropriate)
 

  • Self-report

Main categories
 

  • Other chemicals

Other chemicals | Detergents and cleaning products
 

  • Detergents

Other chemicals | Other
 

  • Other

Other chemicals | Other | Specify: Other
  hairdressing chemicals (hair dyes, chemicals for curling hair, shaping hair etc.)
4. OUTCOMES EVALUATED
Baseline - type of outcome data collected (select more than one if applicable)
 

  • Biomarker (specify)
  • Questionnaire, individual (self-recording or interview)

Specify: Biomarker
  filagrrin gene polimorphisms (2282del4, R501X), TNFalpha-308G>A polymorphism
Follow-up - type of outcome data collected (select more than one if applicable)
 

  • Questionnaire, individual (self-recording or interview)

Outcome type (please select as many as appropriate)
 

  • Morbidity

Diagnostic groups based on ICD10
 

  • L Skin, nail and hair disorders

L Skin, nail and hair disorders
 

  • Atopic dermatitis
  • Allergic contact dermatitis
  • Irritant contact dermatitis
  • Urticaria

Other health related outcomes
 

  • Sleep
  • Work participation

5. BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES & ANALYSIS
Biological samples collected
 

  • Other

Specify: Other
  buccal swabs
Biological processing
 

  • DNA

Genetic and other lab analyses
 

  • Biomarkers (specify)

Specify: Biomarkers
  filaggrin gene polymotphisms 2282del4, R501X; TNFalpha-308G-A polymorphism
6. Other Information
 

  • Education
  • Environmental other (specify)
  • Medical history
  • Smoking

Specify: Environmental other
  self-reported data on non-occupational exposure to skin hazards
Possibility for linkage to data registries/data enrichment via data linkage
 

  • Disease specific clinical database
  • Employment status

Please describe plans that are funded or most likely to be funded
  Collection of data in this cohort will be finished this year.
We plan to form a new cohort of apprentice nurses, beginning this autumn with similar methodology