ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2016
Hand-Washing: The Main Strategy for Avoiding Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease.
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- Risk Factors for Severe Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease in China: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Pooled it
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- Risk Factors for Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease Reinfection in Qingdao, China, from 2014 to 2022.Iranian journal of public health · 2025Article
- Water, environment, and health nexus: understanding the risk factors for waterborne diseases in communities along the Tano River Basin, Ghana.Journal of water and health · 2024Article
- Primary Varicella Infection in a Young Adult from the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A Case Report and Mini-Review.Infectious disease reports · 2024Article
- Circulating trends of hand, foot, and mouth disease in Hubei Province, China: Impact from the COVID-19 pandemic.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Current status of hand-foot-and-mouth disease.Journal of biomedical science · 2023Review
- Assessing the impact of COVID-19 interventions on the hand, foot and mouth disease in Guangdong Province, China: a Bayesian modeling study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Effects of different levels of non-pharmaceutical interventions on hand, foot and mouth disease in Guangzhou, China.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Epidemiological Characteristics of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease Reinfection in Guangzhou, Southern China from 2012 to 2017.Iranian journal of public health · 2022Article
- Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease: A Narrative Review.Recent advances in inflammation & allergy drug discovery · 2022Review
- Control measures during the COVID-19 outbreak reduced the transmission of hand, foot, and mouth disease.Journal of safety science and resilience = An quan ke xue yu ren xing (Ying wen) · 2021Article
- Caregivers: the potential infection resources for the sustaining epidemic of hand, foot, and mouth disease/herpangina in Guangdong, China?Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2021Article
- Handwashing Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices among Students in Eastern Province Schools, Saudi Arabia.Journal of environmental and public health · 2021Article
- Comparative in vitro evaluation of the antimicrobial activities of povidone-iodine and other commercially available antiseptics against clinically relevant pathogens.GMS hygiene and infection control · 2021Article
- The epidemiological risk factors of hand, foot, mouth disease among children in Singapore: A retrospective case-control study.PloS one · 2020Article
- Assessment on Hand Hygiene Knowledge and Practices Among Pre-school Children in Klang Valley.Global pediatric health · 2020Article
- Transmission and serotype features of hand foot mouth disease in household contacts in Dong Thap, Vietnam.BMC infectious diseases · 2019Article
- A multimodal intervention to improve hand hygiene compliance via social cognitive influences among kindergarten teachers in China.PloS one · 2019Article
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Abstract
Epidemics of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) among children have caused concern in China since 2007. We have conducted a retrospective study to investigate risk factors associated with HFMD. In this non-matching case-control study, 99 HFMD patients and 126 control from Guangdong Province were enlisted as participants. Data comprising demographic, socio-economic, clinical and behavior factors were collected from children's parents through face-to-face interviews by trained interviewers using a standardized questionnaire. Results of the primary logistic regression analyses revealed that age, history of cold food consumption, hand-washing routines, and airing out bedding were significantly associated with HFMD cases. Results of further multivariate analysis indicated that older age (OR = 0.44, 95% CI: 0.34-0.56) and hand-washing before meals (OR = 0.3, 95% CI: 0.13-0.70) are protective factors, whereas airing out bedding more than thrice a month (OR = 4.55, 95% CI: 1.19-17.37) was associated with increased risk for HFMD. Therefore, hand-washing should be recommended to prevent HFMD, and the potential threat of airing out bedding should be carefully considered. However, further studies are needed to examine other possible risk factors.
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