Adverse reactions to cosmetic products and the Notification
               System in Health Surveillance: a survey

Huf, Gisele; Rito, Priscila da Nobrega; Presgrave, Rosaura de Farias; Bôas, Maria Helena Simões Villas

doi:10.1590/S1415-790X2013000400021

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Original Articles • Rev. bras. epidemiol. 16 (04) • Dec 2013 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S1415-790X2013000400021 linkcopy

Adverse reactions to cosmetic products and the Notification System in Health Surveillance: a survey

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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: This paper is part of a study that investigates the quality of cosmetic products and evaluates the cosmetic surveillance system.

OBJECTIVE: This study presents the results of a research that aimed to describe the point of view of the population in terms of the prevalence of Adverse Reactions (AR) and information about the surveillance system.

METHODS: A structured questionnaire was applied to a random sample of 200 people from the administrative staff of the Municipal Guard of Rio de Janeiro.

RESULTS: 38% of the participants declared AR to some cosmetic product used in the past two years.

CONCLUSION: To our knowledge, this is an unpublished study in Brazil, which presents results regarding the estimated prevalence of AR similarly to international studies.

Data collection; Cosmetics; Notice; National health surveillance agency; Health surveillance; Quality control

Items of the questionnaire	Adverse Reaction(n = 76)% (95%CI)	No Adverse Reaction(n = 124)% (95%CI)	Total(n = 200)% (95%CI)	p-value
Male gender	42.1 (31.6 – 53.3)	48.4 (39.8 – 57.1)	46.0 (39.2 – 52.9)	0.465
Age*	37.9 (9.1)	37.7 (7.8)	37.8 (8.2)
Complete high school	51.3 (40.3 – 62.2)	41.9 (33.6 – 50.7)	45.5 (38.7 – 52.4)	0.242
Knows the NOTIVISA system	3.9 (1.3 –11.0)	0 (0 – 0.03)	1.5 (0.5 – 4.3)	0.054

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