Digestive Functional Symptoms Among Commercial Pilots in Relation to Diet, Insomnia, and Lifestyle Factors

Lindgren, Torsten; Runeson, Roma; Wahlstedt, Kurt; Wieslander, Gunilla; Dammström, Bo-Göran; Norbäck, Dan

doi:10.3357/asem.3309.2012

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“…Females had more often constipation and epigastria than men in our study. The gender difference for constipation is in agreement with our previous study in pilots from the same company (Lindgren et al, 2012). Older subjects had more often heartburn and bloating while those with longer employment time had less heartburn, diarrhea and bloating.…”

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“…In contrast tobacco smoking was related to less constipation. This is different from our previous study in pilots where smokers reported more constipation (Lindgren et al, 2012). The prevalence of current tobacco smoking was 12.8% in the service agents and 10.8% in office workers, which was lower than the average smoking frequency (16%) in the Swedish population (The Swedish National Institute of Public Health, 2008).…”

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“…There were six questions on digestive symptoms: poor appetite, heartburn, diarrhea, bloating, epigastralgia and constipation, used in previous studies (e.g. Lindgren et al, 2012). Four alternatives were provided for each type of symptom: How often during the last three months have you suffered from the following digestive symptoms (often, sometimes, seldom, never).…”

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“…There were nine questions on the frequency of consumption of certain food items (meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, egg, yoghurt, fast food, fruit juices, and fresh milk) used in previous studies (e.g. Lindgren et al, 2012). Four alternatives were given for each type of food item: How often do you consume the following food products (score 0-3): never consumed=0, seldom=1, more than once a week=2, and daily=3.…”

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“…Moreover, occupational stress is a common cause of gastrointestinal alterations (Huerta-Franco et al, 2013). We have recently published an article on digestive symptoms, insomnia and diet in on digestive symptoms among airline pilots (Lindgren et al, 2012). Moreover, we found one study investigating gastrointestinal symptoms in crew members and ground based administrative workers, showing that flying staff had more dyspeptic symptoms than ground staff (Enck et al, 1995).…”

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Digestive Functional Symptoms among Ground Employees in an Airline Company in Relation to Diet, Insomnia and Lifestyle Factors

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PURPOSE: There are some epidemiological studies on pilots and cabin staff, but we found few health studies on aviation ground employees. The aim was to study associations between digestive symptoms in airline ground employees and diet, insomnia and lifestyle factors.METHODS: A standardized questionnaire was mailed to all Stockholm ground employees in a Scandinavian airline company, 201 service agents (ticketing and gate service) and 564 office workers from the same company participated. Associations were analysed by multiple logistic regression.RESULTS: Of the service agents, 13.8% reported poor appetite, 17.5%% heartburn, 14.1%, diarrhea, 51.7% bloating, 18.8% constipation and 15.40% epigastralgia. Service agents reported more bloating (OR=1.56; p<0.01), and poor appetite (OR=2.33; p<0.01) than office workers. The prevalence of insomnia was 77.7% among service agents and 63.1% among office workers (p<0.001). In service agents, insomnia was related to poor appetite (OR=2.49; p<0.01), heartburn (OR=2.14; p<0.01), diarrhea (OR=3.62; p<0.001) bloating (OR=1.62; p<0.01), constipation (OR=2.74; p<0.01) and epigastralgia (OR=3.44; p<0.001). In office workers, there were no associations between insomnia and digestive symptoms. In the total material of ground employees (N=765), higher body mass index (BMI) was related to diarrhea and females suffered from more constipation and epigastralgia. Older age was related to heartburn and bloating. Smoking was related to poor appetite, more heartburn and epigastralgia and less constipation. The number of years employed at the airline company was negatively associated with heartburn, diarrhea and bloating. Frequent fast food consumption was associated with more bloating and heartburn. Frequent vegetables consumption was associated with less heartburn.CONCLUSION: Insomnia and digestive symptoms were more common among service agents than office workers in the same airline company, possible partly due to stress. Besides insomnia, BMI, smoking, female gender, age, and diet were associated with digestive symptoms.

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Prevalence and network analysis of internet addiction, depression and their associations with sleep quality among commercial airline pilots: A national survey in China

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Exposome Signatures of Gastrointestinal Disorders Among Active Duty Service Members

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White-Phillip,

Liu

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Introduction We evaluated the risk factors associated with gastrointestinal disorders (GD) among the soldiers of the Army and Marine Aviation community (AMAC) using an exposomic approach. Specifically, we aimed to determine the medical and operational factors associated with reported GD in the Military Health System. Methods Longitudinal data were obtained from the Medical Assessment and Readiness System (MARS) housed at Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Liberty, NC, for a retrospective cohort study that included 79,249 active duty United States AMAC active duty service members (ADSMs) from October 2015 to December 2019. Multivariable mixed-effects logistic regression was used to assess the relationship between the incidence occurrence of GD and variables including rank, service time, deployment, Armed Forces Qualification Test score, education, tobacco use, alcohol use, age, gender, race, ethnicity, body mass index (BMI), and marital status. Results The incidence of GD included 22,813 person-years of observations with a rate of 2.2 per 100 person-years and a period prevalence of 3.2%. GD was independently associated with rank, service time, and deployment (all P < 0.05). Conclusion The high-risk categories associated with GD in the AMAC included age, BMI, race (not ethnicity), marital status, and service time. Our data also show that deployment time, not geographical location, was associated with a higher risk of GD. Together, these analyses suggest that White ADSMs older than 33 years of age who have experienced marriage, longer service time, and deployments appear to have a higher risk of GDs. Our assessment shows the utility of using an exposomic approach to create a member-specific, big data-informed personalized clinical algorithm of health outcomes.

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Digestive Functional Symptoms Among Commercial Pilots in Relation to Diet, Insomnia, and Lifestyle Factors

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Digestive Functional Symptoms among Ground Employees in an Airline Company in Relation to Diet, Insomnia and Lifestyle Factors

Digestive Functional Symptoms among Ground Employees in an Airline Company in Relation to Diet, Insomnia and Lifestyle Factors

Prevalence and network analysis of internet addiction, depression and their associations with sleep quality among commercial airline pilots: A national survey in China

Exposome Signatures of Gastrointestinal Disorders Among Active Duty Service Members

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