Status:

COMPLETED

Short-term Cardiovascular Benefits of Wearing Particulate-filtering Respirators

Lead Sponsor:

Fudan University

Conditions:

Autonomic Nervous System Imbalance

Blood Pressure

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-35 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

An intervention study to assess the short-term cardiovascular effects of reducing personal air pollution exposure by wearing particulate filtering respirators.

Detailed Description

A group of healthy adult college students fulfilling the recruitment criteria were randomly divided into two sub-groups. One sub-group weared the particulate filtering respirators for 2 continuous day...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Equal to or older than 18 years old,
  • No history of smoking and alcohol addiction.
  • No chronic diseases,such as hypertension,diabetes,chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or other respiratory/cardiovascular diseases reported by volunteers.
  • No respiratory or allergic diseases, like asthma, rhinitis,or other allergic diseases.

Exclusion

  • Current smokers
  • Chronic drug use due on cardiovascular or respiratory diseases

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2014

Estimated Enrollment :

28 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02238028

Start Date

March 1 2014

End Date

December 1 2014

Last Update

May 6 2016

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Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Fudan University

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China, 200032