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世界貿易センターの救助・復旧作業員における複数の病気の持続:コホート研究
Juan P Wisnivesky1, Susan L Teitelbaum, Andrew C Todd
1Divisions of General Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA. juan.wisnivesky@mssm.edu
Lancet (London, England)
|September 6, 2011
まとめ
2001年9月11日 (9/11) のワールド・トレード・センター (WTC) 攻撃から9年経った今,救援・復興作業員は,身体的・精神的な健康上の重大な問題に直面しています. 継続的なモニタリングと治療は,この集団にとって不可欠です.
科学分野:
- 職業衛生は,健康に関するものです.
- 環境医学は環境医学である.
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
背景:
- 2001年9月11日 (9/11) のワールド・トレード・センター (WTC) 攻撃の後の救援・復旧作業には,5万人以上が参加した.
- 災害後の最初の数年間で,これらの労働者の間で多くの健康問題が報告されました.
- この研究は,WTC救助・復旧作業員が経験した長期的な健康上の影響を調査しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 9年間のWTC救援・復興作業員の身体的・精神的健康障害の発生率と流行率を報告する.
- 職業上の被曝と健康上の結果との関連を調査する.
- 身体的および精神的健康関連疾患の範囲を定量化するために.
主な方法:
- WTCスクリーニング・モニタリング・トリートメント・プログラムの27,449人の参加者を対象とした縦断研究です.
- 警察官,消防士,建設労働者,市政職員なども含まれている.
- カプラン・マイヤー手続は,体調障害 (喘息,鼻炎,GERD),精神疾患 (うつ病,PTSD,パニック障害),およびスピロメトリック異常の累積的および年間発生率を推定するために使用され,曝露レベルによって層分化されています.
主要な成果:
- 9年間の累積発生率:喘息 27.6%,鼻炎 42.3%,胃食道逆流症 (GERD) 39.3%.
- 警察官では,うつ病7.0%,PTSD9.3%,パニック障害8.4%でした. その他の労働者では:うつ病 27.5%,PTSD 31.9%,パニック障害 21.2%.
- 41.8%がスピロメトリック異常を経験し,主に低強制生命能力であった. 高いWTC曝露は,ほとんどの障害の発生率の増加と相関し,広範な身体的および精神的健康共病が観察されました.
結論:
- 9・11攻撃から9年後のWTCの救助・復興作業員たちの間で,身体的・精神的な健康問題という重大な負担が続いている.
- これらの発見は,この集団の継続的なモニタリングと包括的な治療の必要性を強調しています.
- 長期的な健康への影響は,災害対応作業の結果を理解し対処することの重要性を強調しています.
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