马来西亚职业噪音暴露和高血压的横截面研究
Felicia Yan Lin Lee1, Nor Halizam Ismail2, Pui Mun Liew3
1Social and Preventive Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, MYS.
Cureus
|December 14, 2023
概括
职业噪音暴露显著增加了员工高血压的风险. 长时间暴露,超过10年,进一步提高了这种风险,突显了需要工作场所减少噪音的战略.
科学领域:
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 心血管健康 心血管健康
背景情况:
- 职业噪音是一个公认的危害,已知有非听觉健康影响.
- 高血压是一个重要的公共卫生问题,与各种风险因素有关.
研究的目的:
- 调查职业噪音暴露与患高血压的风险之间的关联.
- 量化暴露于噪音的州政府雇员高血压的风险.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及1005名州政府雇员的横截面研究.
- 通过在线自我管理问卷收集的数据,评估噪音暴露和高血压状态.
- 多重逻辑回归分析对混因子进行调整,以确定赔率比率 (OR) 和95%置信区间 (CI).
主要成果:
- 高血压的患病率在暴露于噪音的员工中为18.8%.
- 暴露于噪音的员工患高血压的风险高出1.70倍 (OR=1.70,95% CI=1.09-2.66).
- 暴露于噪音超过10年的员工的风险增加了2.04倍 (OR=2.04,95%CI=1.26-3.29).
结论:
- 职业噪音暴露与高血压风险增加有显著关联.
- 调查结果强调了工作场所噪音控制措施的重要性,以保护员工的心血管健康.
- 减少职业噪音暴露对于减轻高血压风险至关重要.
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