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PARSIFAL

SND-ID: EXT 0040

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Göran Pershagen - Karolinska Institutet, Institute of Environmental Medicine

Description

The international project PARSIFAL (Prevention of Allergy - Risk factors for Sensitization In children related to Farming and Anthroposophic life Style) Is directed from the Institute of environmental medicine at the Karolinska institute, and consists of children from the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Germany and Austria. Participants were primary selected from schools in rural areas, attending anthroposophic schools or living on farms. Children not living on farms and attending other schools were selected as references. The study design has been described in detail (Alfvén et al 2006). A total of 14,893 children, age 5-13 years participated. The parents answered a questionnaire providing information regarding homeenvironment, food, medical history and socioeconomi. Exposure and lifestyle factors related to the agricultural environment and anthroposophi was focused on.

Purpose:

The purpose of PARSIFAL is to study protective factors for allergy development in children raised at farms or in anthroposophic environments.
Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

Karolinska Institutet

Responsible department/unit

Karolinska Institutet, Institute of Environmental Medicine

Funding

  • Funding agency: European Union
Protection and ethical review
Method and time period

Unit of analysis

Population

x

Time Method

Sampling procedure

Probability: Cluster

Time period(s) investigated

2000 – 2004

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden, Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria

Topic and keywords

Research area

HEALTH (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Respiratory Medicine and Allergy (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

blood specimen collection, life style, socioeconomic factors, risk factors, diet, allergens, medical history taking, anthroposophy, child, epidemiology, phenotype, genotype, agriculture, environmental exposure, hypersensitivity

Publications

Alfvén T, Braun-Fahrländer C, Brunekreef B, von Mutius E, Riedler J, Scheynius A, van Hage-Hamsten M, Wickman M, Benz MR, Budde J, Michels KM, Schram D, Üblagger E, Waser M, Pershagen G, and the PARSIFAL study group. Allergic diseases and atopic sensitisation in children related for farming and anthroposophic lifestyle - The PARSIFAL study , Allergy 61:414-21

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Dataset 1

Data format / data structure

Numeric

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Göran Pershagen - Karolinska Institutet, Institute of Environmental Medicine

Data collection

  • Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2000-10–2002-05
  • Source of the data: Population group, Biological samples

Number of individuals/objects

14893

Response rate/participation rate

69%

Dataset 2

Data format / data structure

Numeric

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Göran Pershagen - Karolinska Institutet, Institute of Environmental Medicine

Data collection

  • Mode of collection: Physical measurements and tests
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2000-10–2002-05
  • Source of the data: Population group, Biological samples

Number of individuals/objects

4050

Response rate/participation rate

67%

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Published: 2012-01-01
Last updated: 2017-06-05