根据英国的职业和行业估计的阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停的患病率:一项描述性研究
Ryohei Kinoshita1, Jennifer K Quint1, Constantinos Kallis1
1School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society
|October 7, 2024
概括
对阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停 (OSA) 的工作场所查可以改善健康和生产力. 这项研究发现,在住宿和食品服务,建筑等特定行业中,OSA的流行率更高,这表明有针对性的查机会.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停 (OSA) 与过度的嗜睡有关,影响工作安全和生产力.
- 很大一部分OSA患者仍未被诊断出来,特别是在英国.
- 工作场所查可以识别有风险的个人,潜在地改善健康结果和经济效率.
研究的目的:
- 估计英国各个行业和职业中阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停 (OSA) 的患病率.
- 确定可能受益于有针对性的OSA查计划的特定工作场所部门.
主要方法:
- 利用了英格兰2019年健康调查和睡眠心脏健康研究数据集.
- 应用多重归算来估计40-64岁英语人口中的OSA患病率.
- 通过标准行业分类和标准职业分类对OSA患病率进行了分析.
主要成果:
- 在英格兰,40-64岁的OSA总体估计患病率为17.8%.
- 在不同行业和职业中观察到OSA患病率的显著变化.
- 在住宿和食品,公共管理和国防,建筑行业以及保护性服务职业,卫生和社会护理相关专业人员以及熟练的建筑和建筑行业中,OSA的流行率较高.
结论:
- 在英国,某些行业和职业的阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停患病率较高.
- 这些高患病率的群体,包括住宿,食品,公共管理,国防和建筑行业的群体,是工作场所查举措的潜在目标.
- 工作场所对OSA的查可能是改善员工健康和整体生产力的有价值策略.
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