Prevalence and risk factors of sick building syndrome among office workers

Abdelhamid, M A; Hakim, Sally Adel; El-Okda, El-Sayed; Mostafa, Nayera Samy

doi:10.1097/01.epx.0000431629.28378.c0

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“…Abdel‐Hamid and colleagues revealed the significant positive association of noise with SBS symptoms in a survey of 826 office workers in Egypt . It is similar to the findings of our study in which we found that employees experiencing disturbance from noise reported more often general and ocular symptoms.…”

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Prevalence of sick building syndrome symptoms and its associated factors among bank employees in Pokhara Metropolitan, Nepal

Dhungana

Chalise

2020

Indoor Air

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A cross‐sectional study was conducted to assess the prevalence of sick building syndrome symptoms and its associated factors among bank employees. Data were collected through a self‐administered MM040NA questionnaire among 234 employees of commercial banks in Pokhara Metropolitan, Nepal. The prevalence of general, ocular, respiratory, and dermal sick building syndrome symptoms was 47.6%, 11.9%, 11.9%, and 8.1%, respectively. The perceived indoor physical environment was a significant predictor of sick building syndrome symptoms. Besides this, age, disturbance from temperature and work pressure were significantly associated with general symptoms. Ocular symptoms were significantly associated with disturbance from noise at their workplaces and support from fellow workers. Respiratory symptoms were significantly associated with the time spent working with a photocopy machine. Proper maintenance of room temperature, noise control, good ventilation system, and promotion of supportive psychosocial working environment at banks is important to prevent and control the suffering of employees from SBS symptoms.

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Prevalence of sick building syndrome symptoms and its associated factors among bank employees in Pokhara Metropolitan, Nepal

Dhungana

Chalise

2020

Indoor Air

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“…In a study of an air-conditioned building in Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Costa and Brickus (2000) concluded that poor individual control of temperature and lighting are associated with increased symptoms. A univariate analysis, performed by Abdel-Hamid et al (2013) at the Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt showed that poor lighting, poor ventilation, lack of sunlight, absence of air currents, high noise, temperature, humidity, environmental tobacco smoke, use of photocopiers, and inadequate office cleaning were statistically associated with SBS symptoms. Building characteristics, such as year of construction and the effect of indoor emissions lead to SBS.…”

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Interactions Among Health Risk Factors and Decision-Making Process in the Design of Built Environments

Dovjak

Kukec

2019

Creating Healthy and Sustainable Buildings

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The identification of interactions among parameters of health risk factors is a crucial step for the effective assessment and prevention of problems in unhealthy built environments. This chapter introduces the health risk management process in the context of the designs of healthy built environments (Sect. 4.1). In Sects. 4.2-4.3, comprehensive descriptions of all detected interactions among health risks and their parameters that have harmful impacts on user health and wellbeing are defined. Section 4.2 provides a detailed analysis of single group interactions between:

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“…Fourteen articles were reported as cross-sectional studies (Abdel-Hamid, Hakim, Elokda, & Mostafa, 2013;Azuma, Ikeda, Kagi, Yanagi, & Osawa, 2015;Brasche et al, 2004;Glas, Levin, Stenberg, Stenlund, & Sunesson, 2004;Jaakkola, Yang, Ieromnimon, & Jaakkola, 2007;Jung, Liang, Lee, Hsu, & Su, 2014;Kubo et al, 2006;Lim et al, 2015;Lu, Lin, Chen, & Chen, 2015a;Lu et al, 2007;Mendell, Lei-Gomez, Mirer, Seppänen, & Brunner, 2008;Reijula & Sundman-Digert, 2004;Skyberg et al, 2003), three were longitudinal studies (Azuma, Ikeda, Kagi, Yanagi, & Osawa, 2017;Mizoue, Andersson, Reijula, & Fedeli, 2004;Tsai et al, 2012), two were case-control studies (Glas, Stenberg, Stenlund, & Sunesson, 2008, one was a cohort study (Neuner & Seidel, 2006), one was a case report (Nakazawa et al, 2005), one was a systematic review together with epidemiological modelling (Fisk, Mirer, & Mendell, 2009), and one was a cost-benefit study (Fisk, Black, & Brunner, 2011).…”

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A Review of Studies Related to Sick Building Syndrome Among Office Personnel

2019

IJPHCS

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Background: The term "sick building syndrome" (SBS) had started to gain popularity in the 1980s. So far, studies on this subject have been conducted among office personnel and then extended to include healthcare workers working in hospitals, residents, and schoolchildren. The aim of this review is to identify the scope of research of the studies conducted on SBS in the last 15 years, particularly among office personnel, to determine the knowledge gap in the nature of illness, risk factors, individual and economic consequences, preventive strategies, and costeffectiveness of the available intervention strategies. Materials and Methods: PubMed and Medline database were used for the purpose of searching for articles published from January 2003 to May 2018. The search was based on the inclusion criteria and the keywords "sick building syndrome" and "office personnel". Twentythree articles were assessed and reviewed in the final stage. Results: Fourteen cross-sectional studies, three longitudinal studies, one cohort study, one case-control study, one case report, one systematic review, and epidemiological modelling, and one cost-benefit study were found. These studies were conducted in the US,

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Prevalence and risk factors of sick building syndrome among office workers

Cited by 22 publications

References 15 publications

Prevalence of sick building syndrome symptoms and its associated factors among bank employees in Pokhara Metropolitan, Nepal

Prevalence of sick building syndrome symptoms and its associated factors among bank employees in Pokhara Metropolitan, Nepal

Interactions Among Health Risk Factors and Decision-Making Process in the Design of Built Environments

A Review of Studies Related to Sick Building Syndrome Among Office Personnel

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