The prevalence of hoarseness among health care professionals: time trends and effect of remediation in working conditions in 2007-2018.
Health care professionals
Hoarseness
Hospital
Indoor environment quality
Longitudinal study
Primary health care
Journal
International archives of occupational and environmental health
ISSN: 1432-1246
Titre abrégé: Int Arch Occup Environ Health
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 7512134
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
04 2023
04 2023
Historique:
received:
13
08
2022
accepted:
26
10
2022
pubmed:
5
11
2022
medline:
3
3
2023
entrez:
4
11
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The purpose of this study was to investigate time trends in the prevalence of hoarseness among health care professionals in primary health care units (PHC) and in hospitals from 2007 to 2018. Moreover, purpose was to discover potential indoor environmental quality (IEQ) risk factors as well as to determine the effect of the remediation of the indoor air problems on the prevalence of hoarseness. The health status was collected from all employees in these units/hospitals (N = 1564/1199) with questionnaires and the follow-ups were carried out as an open cohort. Based on building condition inspections, buildings were classified to be an "exposed" or "reference" buildings by third-party experts. The before and after remediation results were compared to reference buildings. During follow-up, hoarseness has not increased in those PHC units with good IEQ. In the pilot study, the prevalence of hoarseness in non-exposed reference building was 5.9%, and it stayed approximately at the same level throughout the follow-up. Whereas in buildings with an IEQ problem the prevalence of hoarseness varied between 16.2 and 36.1% and it decreased to 11.4% after the remediations. In a large hospital with severe IEQ problems, the prevalence of hoarseness was 39.1%, and in hospital buildings with a milder exposure 23.3%. The most important risk factors for hoarseness were asthma, allergic rhinitis and IEQ problems. A good indoor environment and the remediation of damaged buildings seem to promote a better condition of the voice in health care workers.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36331600
doi: 10.1007/s00420-022-01934-9
pii: 10.1007/s00420-022-01934-9
pmc: PMC9968261
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
433-441Subventions
Organisme : Työsuojelurahasto
ID : 210375
Informations de copyright
© 2022. The Author(s).
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